UNDP flags US$923m investment opportunity in Zimbabwe’s last mile

ZIMBABWE’s hard-won economic stability must now be converted into investment that reaches every village, growth point and economic corridor, the United Nations Development Programme has said, arguing that the country’s last-mile smart infrastructure is not charity but good business.

Writing on the margins of the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON) 2026 held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo, UNDP Zimbabwe resident representative Ayodele Odusola said the country’s challenge is no longer proving that models work, but financing them at scale.

Odusola used the case of Hakwata village in Chipinge district to illustrate his argument.

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