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China is Now Zimbabwe’s Biggest Investor

by Cobus van Staden
Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun speaking at a recent Chinese investment in Zimbabwe conference in Harare. Images via @ChineseZimbabwe.

Over the past three years, China invested over $2 billion in Zimbabwe and is now the Southern African country’s largest foreign investor. 

This was the main takeaway of a symposium on the economic benefits of Zimbabwe-China relations, which took place in Harare on Monday. 

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