Zimbabwe: PPPs Ideal for Self-Financing Infrastructure Projects

The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe is now deplorable due to several years of neglect and under-investment.The country's infrastructure gap in railway, roads, energy, sports facilities, border posts, public healthcare, water and sanitation in now huge.

A 2019 report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) pointed out that Zimbabwe needs over US$34 billion in the next 10 years to upgrade its infrastructure so as to achieve sustainable levels of economic growth. This means that the country would need to invest US$3,4 billion each year (starting this year) up to 2030 in order to keep pace with developments on the continent especially with fast-developing peers in the Sadc region.

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