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[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@JMafume @cityofharare2 Alert: Urgent Water Burst – Kirkman Road

City of Harare – Please urgently dispatch a repair crew to attend to a major water burst along Kirkman Road, just before the N. Richards Turnoff. Significant water loss and road damage are imminent.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@JMafume @cityofharare2 Alert: Urgent Water Burst – Kirkman Road

City of Harare – Please urgently dispatch a repair crew to attend to a major water burst along Kirkman Road, just before the N. Richards Turnoff. Significant water loss and road damage are imminent.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@JMafume @cityofharare2 Alert: Urgent Water Burst – Kirkman Road

City of Harare – Please urgently dispatch a repair crew to attend to a major water burst along Kirkman Road, just before the N. Richards Turnoff. Significant water loss and road damage are imminent.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@JMafume @cityofharare2 Alert: Urgent Water Burst – Kirkman Road

City of Harare – Please urgently dispatch a repair crew to attend to a major water burst along Kirkman Road, just before the N. Richards Turnoff. Significant water loss and road damage are imminent.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@JMafume @cityofharare2 Alert: Urgent Water Burst – Kirkman Road

City of Harare – Please urgently dispatch a repair crew to attend to a major water burst along Kirkman Road, just before the N. Richards Turnoff. Significant water loss and road damage are imminent.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@CarltonHozheri @Savheya_Happie PaNext DOOR wangu

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@Savheya_Happie Shingai Cde munokunda

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@Savheya_Happie Crowhill yekuAmerica

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@Savheya_Happie It still exists on PPPs, but in the private sector, it is quite impossible to implement due to the large capital investment needed to do multi family dwelling housing schemes.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@Savheya_Happie I am trying to send you a dm but failing.

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@Savheya_Happie Chief Inspector

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@CrimeWatchZim B

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@SokoMutema @PTChimusoro @econetzimbabwe $68

[Architectural Craftman @TimothySimbi]

@KuraChihota Urban spaces in Africa are classified using density rather than income. Hence, it's difficult to link High Density neighbourhoods with high income. High density spaces are associated with Ghetto/ low income neighbourhoods, yet in the first world is the opposite.

[Freeman @freemanchari]

On this day, I think it is important to start talking about Pan-afrocapitalism. We need to de-educate ourselves. Capital is not your enemy, greed is. We spend so much time focused on yesteryear enemies but few think about the existential dangers we are facing today into the future.

When the enemy of the future attacks, slogans will not protect us. Intellectualism alone will not save us. We are not prepared.

We ought to turn our collective wisdom into value. And we need to improve the African view of value from just being utility based and incorporate aspects of potential and future worth. Doing so enables the African child to understand that today is not as important as tomorrow. This would encourage defered gratification and investment into the future.

Our protection from extinction and annihilation lies in nurturing present day ingenuity. Understanding that the risk we take by investing in today's novel ideas may in the future be the bedrock of our survival. Today we are living at the mercy of the same powers who saw nothing wrong with partitioning the continent in Berlin.

Where do we start? We need to understand the basic desires of a human being and then appreciate the continued insatiability of the same desires. Instead of viewing that as a bad trait, we ought to harness it.

First we need to re-instill the belief that honest work pays today and into the future. One who works hard, applies their brains to solving problems and invest in their future has an opportunity to get ahead.

Secondly we need to encourage production and productivity. It is good to be learned but it is worth more to humanity for a learned person to turn that knowledge into products that solve our problems or simplify work.

Lastly, we need to invest & nurture talent. Ideas need capital to flourish and scale. Capital is there, we just don't know that we have it, in fact we misuse it most of the time. We use capital to flex when it could be used to move humanity forward while we also profit at individual level.

Africa is crying for angel investment. The continent is waiting for an American angel yet we have millions of angels that walk around thinking their sole purpose is to shine brighter than the poor.

You don't need to have a million dollars to be an angel. You just need to have a bit to spare and invest into someone's idea. It it works out you have future dividends, if it fails you would have provided an opportunity to learn.

I remember a guy who came to my uncle Naison around 2001 asking for $50. He was our neighbor in Chitungwiza and he wanted to start an Econet Buddie mobile airtime stall at Makoni bus rank. Naison gave him. I saw the man the following week selling the cards but few people had mobile phones then. I came back from college a few months down the line and the guy now was renting a storefront selling all things mobile.

Simple ideas sometimes just need a little juice and they take off - transforming lives. Now, we need to move away from charity-based investment to more structured investment with accountability levers. That way, both sides have protection.

We have people now everywhere around the globe. We have to view that again as a positive. Let's use that to our advantage. There are many ordinary Africans who have thousands of dollars sitting idle in retirements accounts in US and Europe. That money is being used by firms like Vanguard & Fidelity to speculate on the markets, at the end of the day they make billions while we sit seem contend with 5% annual return.

This is capital that can be available to the best of us in the continent with ideas that need to scale. All we need to do is to start having the conversations. Who is doing what and where? What do they need? Let's get into the habit of exchanging ideas, networking and connecting with each other.

Finally, let's try not to have governments like the one in Zimbabwe please. Governments that are incapable of providing environments that nurture honest living. Governments that funnel public funds into hands of thieves. Africa will not develop when you have people who have no known business, no known employment but have private jets.

Anyway, on my part we just launched https://t.co/GzLIMs54Um an online marketplace connecting global artisans and craftspeople with customers seeking unique, handmade products. We are building a marketplace of truly handcrafted products that celebrates and promotes makers who take their time and skill to make beautiful products. The platform is currently open to US makers and we ship in the US for now.

We also understand that there are talented artisans in Africa, that is why we have programs to ship and warehouse for a select number of creatives from the continent. If you know a maker in USA or Africa who may be a good fit for our platform please do recommend us. Thank you for reading and happy Africa day!

[Fortune Chasi @fortunechasi]

There is a world of difference between a BUSINESSMAN and a BUSY MAN! Livuka njani maZimbabwe amahle?

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[MaZwangendaba @mamakaCleo]

Good morning citizens. I have created a gofundme to get our community a new transformer since the government and ZESA can't assist us. Please help us get a electricity back. Every dollar counts and may God bless each and every one of you 🙏
https://t.co/elXIN0IZ6q

[Teddy Pleasure’ @teddypleasure]

GUYS I PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP!!! I’m currently living my worst travel nightmare 💔 I booked a flight with @qatarairways they cancelled my flight & put me on @TurkishAirlines & @flySAA_US . They lost my luggage & they refuse to assist me ,it’s 6 days without luggage,Pls RT & Share