Published: 24 May 2018

A CREDIBLE election is the only answer for unlocking foreign investments, economic growth and Zimbabwe's return to prosperity, business lobby groups and industry captains have said.

With President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowing to deliver a clean ballot - anticipated in July - key trading blocs such as the European Union, and the Zimbabwean leader himself, have emphasised real support and capital will only come after the watershed polls.

Chris Mugaga, the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce chief executive, told The Financial Gazette that there was a serious correlation between democracy, violence-free elections and economic development.
- fingaz

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