Guiding Statements

Vision:

To eradicate poverty and uplift the lives of all Zimbabwean citizens by giving communities easy access to information.

Mission:

To be a beacon of economic and social development in Zimbabwe through the provision of comprehensive business services and information to rural-based small and medium-scale entrepreneurs.

Core Values:

	Innovation.
	Development.
	Commitment to countrywide economic and computer literacy.

Core Business:

Business development services in order to build individual capacities.

	Employment creation in order to reduce poverty.
	Advocacy in order to develop and advance the informal sector and its participants.
	Microfinance in order to give the rural poor access to finance.
	Access to information and technology resulting in knowledge-based, technically savvy communities.

Expected Impact:

	Increased number of informal sector operators in the rural communities obtaining access to business services, communications, information and various other technologies.
	Increased number of informal sector operators moving into the formal sector.
	Increased number of enterprises in the informal sector moving towards sustainability.
	Increased number of jobs created or sustained through various interventions within the informal sector.
	Increased opportunities for rural dwellers to generate income.
	Increased number of members in the more marginalized communities (e.g. HIV/AIDS infected or affected persons, women, rural-based Zimbabweans, etc.) of the informal sector receiving direct business development services and technical assistance.

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