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Budiriro (‘prosperity’ in Shona) is a TECA initiative to formalize Zimbabwe’s informal sector.<\/p>\n
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64.1% of Zimbabwe’s economy is informal, limiting growth and tax revenue.<\/p>\n
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Partnership with ZIDA to create a streamlined, online business registration platform.<\/p>\n
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To simplify formalization, create jobs, and boost economic growth<\/p>\n
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Government’s “Open for Business” theme:<\/b> We’re aligning with the government’s economic goals.<\/span><\/p>\n Economic Freedom Audit (ZEFA):<\/b> ZEFA findings will drive necessary reforms.<\/span><\/p>\n Opportunity:<\/b> To transform Zimbabwe’s economic model.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Call to Action” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”d71c0d83-8a42-4321-8fe2-6aed9187c03b” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-24b0db87-dafa-47d9-995f-b90181e18c52%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Our Partners” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”9b387a05-91b8-4b0b-9517-6f12a0c207e7″ title_text_align=”center” title_font_size=”51px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_heading title=”Working with ZIDA, ZIMRA, ZNCC, universities, and international experts.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”9b387a05-91b8-4b0b-9517-6f12a0c207e7″ title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”41px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Budiriro (‘prosperity’ in Shona) is a TECA initiative to formalize Zimbabwe’s informal sector.64.1% of Zimbabwe’s economy is informal, limiting growth and tax revenue.Partnership with ZIDA to create a streamlined, online business registration platform.To simplify formalization, create jobs, and boost economic growth Developing a digital one-stop platform with ZIDA. Advocating for policy reforms to reduce costs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tecazw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}