What is Zimpreneur?
The Zimpreneur Platform is a Portal specifically designed for Entrepreneurs and/or Small and Medium Enterprises and Hustlers conducting business in Zimbabwe. The thought behind this exceptional platform was driven by the need to provide a functional Shopping Mall and knowledge to those starting businesses or investing, wanting to grow their businesses, seeking inspiration or anyone who is interested in Entrepreneurship in general. Knowledge is power, hence the goal of Zimpreneur is empowering entrepreneurs with a comprehensive toolkit on starting and running a business.
zimprenuer.co.zw is meant to feed into the entrepreneurial heart beat by creating a platform for E-Ecommerce, knowledge sharing, investor encouragement and collaboration amongst various economic actors. Zimpreneur is a Multi Store Portal, which enables, among other things, all SMEs to
Add products and manage orders
Customize stores and augment customer experience.
Receive Payments from Online Sales
Generate detailed reports and earning statements in seconds.
Benefit from Combined Marketing Efforts
The Reasons Or Motivation “Why?”
Ecommerce and/Online Shopping are the fundamentals of doing business across the world today and Zimbabwe is no Exception. Thus retailers will be able to better serve existing customers by making shopping easier for them. An online store can allow businesses to find totally new audiences — ones that may never enter their physical location. Therefore, without me going into much detail, I am sure that already you are convinced that you really need one for your retail business.
On another note, there are multitudes of enterprising individuals with varied perceptions, experiences, knowledge and practices. On one hand, there are those who keep their money in underneath their ‘pillows’, never to lend those in need nor invest in a lucrative business. This group believes that wealth is having hard cash stashed in a storeroom because varied reasons. The others are those with brilliant ideas but they have looked for funding without success long enough such that they are now frustrated. Some believe that they have bright ideas yet in reality they are not well researched. Others are already established but are finding it hard to survive. Therefore, there is need to demystify the Zimbabwean Entrepreneurial jungle, and bring to the fore vital fundamentals of starting and running a business.
This platform aims at Connecting Entrepreneurs including Retailers, Service Providers with their clients. We also intend to share vital Entrepreneurial knowledge, bridge gap between local Entrepreneurs seeking investment and Foreign Investors seeking business opportunities. Zimbabweans in the diaspora also need guidance and information on the vast opportunities abound back home.
There Are Many Platforms For E commerce And Entrepreneurship Out There. What’s New?
Times are changing and so is business and all related processes. There are more Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and informal businesses now than ever before. It is therefore only but prudent to gather and package and distribute the new invaluable knowledge available. The new knowledge includes, amongst others the new financing models by banks, ease of doing business reforms, new laws, new opportunities, new mineral discoveries, farming methods, climate change and environmental issues.
In addition, not all Small Business are able to afford to start and manage an online store especially the costs of Design and setting up.