Yuan set to become Zimbabwe’s latest currency as China’s influence grows

Njoo Januari 1 mwaka ujao, Yuan ya China itakuwa sarafu rasmi nchini Zimbabwe kufuatia majadiliano yaliyofanyika kati ya serikali hizo mbili wakati wa ziara ya serikali ya rais wa China.

Hii itafanya sarafu ya China kuwa sawa katika Zimbabwe na dola ya Amerika, randi ya Afrika Kusini, na pula ya Botswana, na euro haikuchukua jukumu katika usawa huu, labda ukumbusho mkali wa uzembe ambao Umoja wa Ulaya umeonyesha dhidi ya Zimbabwe.

China imekuwa mshirika mkubwa wa kibiashara wa Zimbabwe na uwekezaji unapanuka, kufuatia ziara ya Rais Xi JinPing nchini humo muda uliopita.


Looking East, after the windows to the West were locked by the Western powers, the remaining avenue to Zimbabwe, besides intra African trade, has come to export and import goods, and the use of the yuan is expected to facilitate this further. A write-off of loans worth 40 million US dollars helped Zimbabwe at the time to find a sounder economic footing again.

Chinese tourist numbers are growing as they are for Zambia and other neighboring countries, and Emirates is the one of the few airlines, besides Kenya Airways, offering daily connections from a number of Chinese cities via Dubai to Harare.