OpinionBy Nyasha Chuma and Nigel PfundeHarare- THE Sunshine city is undergoing a rather radical economic and architectural overhaul.The skyline of this city now turns around four major locations namely services stations, open air entertainment joints, pharmacies and lodges.This boom largely describes the new economic reality of Harare an amalgamation of urgent demands, personal finances and social hiccups.Although the overall economic climate remains hard, the following sectors are getting better and making the streets a hyper commercial strangely connected net.Petrol pumps are sprouting everywhere at every street corner.Large brands and new local competitors now are within a stone throw of one another. This is being discussed by people, some economists and commentators have opined that it is a move to put large stacks of cash through due to the liquid nature of the industry.One of the many service stations sprouting in HarareTo the locals, the new service stations are not only about a fast fill up but a representation of the integration of business with capital in Zimbabwe.Pharmacies have leaped like the pumps.They tend to be immediately adjacent to the new fuel stops and as such they are viewed as a direct reaction to the shortages in the public health that drive people to the private care.This expansion was however accompanied by scam reports in the medical assistance system, some pharmacists and doctors were involved.Through more medicines.The hospitality component received a massive secondary injection, as more than US 300 million has been pumped into new lodges and boutique hotels over the last few years.Analysts attribute this to the fact that there is an increased regional traffic and the boom in the leisure sector which is a combination of work and leisure.These are destinations to a climbing mobile upper-middle making Harare a destination in informal business tourism.Meanwhile, in the open air venues,activities such as outdoor meals, music, grilled meat have boomed.According to observers, these places provide a social reprieve in the face of everyday financial strain creating a hypothetical alternative to the harsh realities of life.The four pillars feed off one another thus creating a self-enhancing commercial ecosystem. Like it or not, they have transformed the Harare playground and you can take fuel, take a prescription, eat out and get a lodge all in a single block demonstrating the new rhythm of the city which is flexible and oddly ironic.Leave a ReplyCancel reply OpinionBy Nyasha Chuma and Nigel PfundeHarare- THE Sunshine city is undergoing a rather radical economic and architectural overhaul.The skyline of this city now turns around four major locations namely services stations, open air entertainment joints, pharmacies and lodges.This boom largely describes the new economic reality of Harare an amalgamation of urgent demands, personal finances and social hiccups.Although the overall economic climate remains hard, the following sectors are getting better and making the streets a hyper commercial strangely connected net.Petrol pumps are sprouting everywhere at every street corner.Large brands and new local competitors now are within a stone throw of one another.
Like it or not, they have transformed the Harare playground and you can take fuel, take a prescription, eat out and get a lodge all in a single block demonstrating the new rhythm of the city which is flexible and oddly ironic. Harare- THE Sunshine city is undergoing a rather radical economic and architectural overhaul. The skyline of this city now turns around four major locations namely services stations, open air entertainment joints, pharmacies and lodges.
This boom largely describes the new economic reality of Harare an amalgamation of urgent demands, personal finances and social hiccups. Although the overall economic climate remains hard, the following sectors are getting better and making the streets a hyper commercial strangely connected net. Petrol pumps are sprouting everywhere at every street corner.
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Large brands and new local competitors now are within a stone throw of one another. This is being discussed by people, some economists and commentators have opined that it is a move to put large stacks of cash through due to the liquid nature of the industry. To the locals, the new service stations are not only about a fast fill up but a representation of the integration of business with capital in Zimbabwe.
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