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

በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ጥር 1 ይምጡ፣ የቻይናው ፕሬዝደንት ባደረጉት ጉብኝት በሁለቱ መንግስታት መካከል የተደረገውን ውይይት ተከትሎ የቻይና ዩዋን በዚምባብዌ ውስጥ ይፋዊ ገንዘብ ሆኗል።

ይህ የቻይና ምንዛሪ በዚምባብዌ ከአሜሪካ ዶላር፣ ከደቡብ አፍሪካ ራንድ እና ከቦትስዋና ፑላ ጋር እኩል ያደርገዋል።

ቻይና የዚምባብዌ ትልቁ የንግድ አጋር ሆናለች እና ኢንቨስትመንቶች እየተስፋፉ ነው ፣ከተወሰነ ጊዜ በፊት ፕሬዝዳንት ዢ ጂንፒንግ በሀገሪቱ ያደረጉትን ጉብኝት ተከትሎ።


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.