Not ICT related, but: <br><br>Zim has and had plenty of times for shares, and from way back when I was still writing about it, I vaguely remember that many people actually put their money in shares because interest rates were negative thanks to the country's hyperinflation. <br>
<br>Here's a brief overview of the ZSE performance in the past two years. Not fantastic, but by no means a basket case either: <a href="http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/836/whats-up-on-zimbabwe-stock-exchange/">http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com/836/whats-up-on-zimbabwe-stock-exchange/</a><br>
<br>Dollarisation had the interesting impact that it uncovered inefficiencies in management, and also rendered a couple of company holdings done purely for cash/forex management purposes ineffective, leading to some corporate unbundling: <a href="http://blog.imarainvestor.com/2009/12/dollarisation-and-case-for-unbundling.html">http://blog.imarainvestor.com/2009/12/dollarisation-and-case-for-unbundling.html</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 February 2011 09:30, waudo siganga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com" target="_blank">emailsignet@mailcan.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">


<div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" dir="ltr"><div>Hi Robert -�I wonder if Zimbabweans can afford shares. Right now they have no currency and they are�using green bucks.�The Zimbabwe dollar became so useless that to buy a tomato one needed�trillions. It was said that one had to carry money on a wheelburrow and upon coming across robbers one would throw the money away and run�off with the wheelburrow because it was�more valuable. These guys have no time for shares�man!</div>


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<div>On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:20 +0000, "robert yawe" <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Airtel are in the process of having Celtel Zimbabwe de-listed from the Zimbabwe stock exchange, this might not seem like much but in reality it is a reflection of Airtels profit sharing strategy.</div>


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<div><span style="font-size: medium;">The effect of this action is that the common Zimbabweans will not benefit from the profits of the company even though they will have been generated locally. �Instead the government of Mugabe will receive large volumes of money through corporate tax.</span></div>


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<div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span>Lets appreciate the fact that Safaricom at least allows us to share in their profits through dividend as shareholders. �</span></div>
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<div><span>Regards<br>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Robert Yawe</span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;">KAY System Technologies Ltd</span><br>
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