Experts Hail New Industrial Development Policy

Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Amon Murwira addresses delegates during a consultative workshop on the new Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy in Harare yesterday. - Picture: Tinashe Chitwanga.

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter

The new Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy being crafted by Government should ride on the gains made under the previous policy while taking into account areas that the country has comparative advantages in, stakeholders that participated at a consultative workshop said yesterday. The new ZNIDP will run from this year to 2030 following the lapse of the previous policy that was implemented between 2019-2023. The vision of the new policy is to: “Accelerate transition from a primary commodity-based economy towards a technologically advanced and diversified industry and commerce by 2030.” In his presentation, prominent academic, Professor Mandivamba Rukuni said a review of the current policy was necessary. “An analysis of the performance of the current industrialisation policy is usually a quarter of a (new) policy. Since the last policy which was in 2019, you will review, how did that perform? What did we do well, and by the time you finish reviewing you will come up with three things, what is it that was good or correct that we will continue doing, what is it that we were doing wrong that we definitely have to stop and what is it that we were not doing that we have to do,” Prof Rukuni said. ReadMore