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Win The World Truck Promotion – Argos are running their own version of the world cup where you can win £5000 worth of products including TVs, Laptops, game consoles, sofas, BBQ and everything you need to enjoy a great summer of football.

Get ready for a summer of football fever, whether you’re watching and supporting or playing in the garden or you are hosting a big match this summer, you will find everything you need in this exciting Argo’s Win The World Truck Promotion.

There are also 1000 FREE football lessons (Brazilian Soccer Skills) to be won in this promotion, in fact there is so much you can win just visit the Argos website.

There is a wide range of discounted products and bargains in Win The World Truck Promotion, go to www.argos.co.uk or www.worldtruck.co.uk

The price of petrol keeps on rising and now it’s an average of £1.22 a litre, the capitalists who dominate the oil industry keeps racking in billions whilst the government watches and doing nothing.

BP recently announced astonishing profits of £40 million a day!

The government will not do anything because they also get massive amounts tax from these high fuel prices, but when are they going to think about the ordinary driver?

Another issue that was in the news in that last few weeks is the volcanic ash, the one which grounded airlines in Europe.

Now the government wants the tax payer to pay the airlines for loss of revenue? Why should we pay these capitalists? Are we responsible for the volcanic ash? When these airlines make profits, do they share the profits with us?

There are a number of Zimbabweans in the UK who have started their own successful businesses, some very successful and others have not been that successful. I’m impressed and indeed grateful to the Zimbabweans who have set up businesses that benefit their communities. But what can we say about all those conman who have set up companies to steal people’s hard earned money, especially the ones in the shipping industry?

You can read about my experience sending goods to Zimbabwe here.

Back to the issue of Zimbabwean business people in the UK. Many people would want to start their own businesses, but they lack the resources to start the business. Some people never find any opportunities for business.

Recently my sister in law told me about a network marketing programme that she joined and in about 3 months she is already earning nearly £1000 profit per month. The business involve selling perfumes and other household products, the best part is that it doesn’t cost much to start earning money.

So if you think you can make it in network marketing, feel free to contact me and I will give you details on how you can join this programme. You can easily make a decent sum of money working in your own spare time.

It is not a get rich quick business, but with a bit of work you can easily earn a living from it.

Looking for Cheap phone calls to Zimbabwe? Did you know that Comfi have cheaper call rates on PC-to-Phone calls to Zimbabwe? I have been using Skype’s free PC-to-PC calls but unfortunately not everyone in Zimbabwe is on Skype. This means we can’t really enjoy the full benefits of free Skype to Skype calls and we still have to pay for calls to our loved ones back home.

Because I’m always looking for ways that help me save money, I had to find a cheaper way to phone relatives in Zimbabwe. That is when I came across Comfi phone services.

After trying Comfi’s PC-to-Phone service, I’m pretty impressed and would recommend it to all you Zimbabweans who want to save money on your calls to your loved ones.

Besides it’s top of the range Free PC-to-PC calls, Skype is expensive on PC-to-Phone calls to Zimbabwe.

Price Comparison:

Skype to Land Line – US$0.102 per minute
Skype to Mobile Phones – US$0.376 per minute

Compared to Comfi’s PC-to-Phone Rates

Calls to Land lines – US$0.066
Calls to Mobile Phones – US$0.31

Voip PC-to-Phone Charges

US$0.079 per minute on calls to land lines
US$0.266 per minute on calls to mobile phones

If you regularly phone your relatives in Zimbabwe (it’s a good thing to keep in touch) I would recommend you try Comfi phone service. If you prefer not to use the PC-to-Phone service, I would suggest you also try Comfi top-up phone cards. They have very good rates that can save you money on your calls.

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If not you could be missing an opportunity to Make Money Online. This post is about Zimbabweans who are into Internet Marketing. A few years ago, Tuck Shops were a common site at most houses in Zimbabwe, just like the Off Licences in the United Kingdom.

Now a number of Zimbabweans in the diaspora and also back home have now turned to Internet Marketing, thanks to the availability of technology which was not easily accessible back in Zimbabwe. Many are involved in businesses like Online Grocery Shops, Cargo Shipping, Online Newspapers, Online Auctions, Blogging etc.

One of the easiest ways to get your presence online is to write your own blog. Blogs have been describe as the most powerful tool in Internet Marketing and individuals and businesses are using this powerful tool to make huge profits online.

Here some of my favourite blogs written by Zimbabweans:

1. Living Zimbabwe – Gerri over at living Zimbabwe, writes about everything Zimbabwean. His latest post is about Religion in Zimbabwe “Religion in Zimbabwe is a very contentious issue. Mainly because we are a religious people from the days of our forefathers and that makes us different from all other cultures. Contentious issue because we have been fought by forces of evil and deceit to the extend of getting so confused that it is now normal “

2. Kick Mugabe Out – Sdudla writes about the political issues in our beloved Zimbabwe. Very informative articles well complemented by the use of pictures on current Zimbabwean issues.

3. Denford Magora – Magora blogs live from Harare. Another blog with the juice bits about the Zimbabwean political situation. Is he Anti-Tsvangirai, or is he anti-Mugabe or maybe he is anti-Mutambara, well I think he writes about events in Zimbabwe as he sees them. Very informative.

Here are some Zimbabweans who are into Internet businesses:

1. Innocent at Zimhomepage.com: Zimhomepage is a dedicated advertising website for Zimbabwean products and services. If you are not advertising on ZimHomepage then you are missing a great opportunity to market your products to thousands of Zimbabweans online.

2. Mdoti at Modishdesigns: Beautiful stylish shoes at Mdoti’s eBay Store.

“Rockport’s I.Travel line of shoes are well constructed and comfortable shoes. Your feet will thank you the moment you put them on.”

In the Cargo business, we seem to have a number of conman doing business and a number of us Zimbabweans in the diaspora have been victims of very poor service from some of these guys.

In fact one of the most commented on posts here is about my experiencing shipping goods to Zimbabwe. Read My Experience Shipping Goods to Zimbabwe

Zimabwe Newspapers: We now have quite a number of online newspapers like, NewZimbabwe, ZimDaily, The Standard, Zimbabwe Online not forgetting The Herald. In fact, I think the news sector is now over populated with publishers competing to provide factual and balanced news.

In the coming posts I will be writing more about Zimbabwean businesses online. Are you a Zimbabwean into online business? Do you want to be featured in our future posts? Feel free to email me using the Contact Us form, with a small brief about your business.

NOTE any spam in the comments section will be deleted.

The Argos clearance sale is one never to be missed, there are a lot of bargains to be found in the Argos end of catalogue sale. There are loads of exclusive online deals, which is why it’s wise to bargain hunt on the Internet also.

Argos have made it easy to search for bargains available in your local store on the Argos website.

All you have to do is, type in Your Postcode or Town and choose your local store from for a list and search for Clearance items at your local branch.

When you find what you want, you just ‘Reserve It’ then go to your local store, pay for your goods and collect.

There are some great bargains to be found in the Argos clearance sales. So, try the new Argos Clearance Website and bag yourself a bargain today.

Find it. Get it. Argos it.

It looks like our country’s economy is gradually recovering from the economic collapse of the previous years. Cheques have returned to the country’s banking system.

The Bankers’ Association of Zimbabwe said in a statement that local commercial banks would start with immediate effect to issue their customers with chequebooks, for the first time in a year.

The Bankers’ Association said chequebooks will be denominated in US dollars and personal account holders will only be able to issue cheques up to a maximum of only 200 US dollars, and companies can write up to 500 US dollars.

Investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange(ZSE) have taken a wait and see attitude as the market awaits half-year results for companies with December year-end. The Herald reports that returns are likely to be depressed and below expectations due to lack of working capital.

A report by Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited Stockbrokers noted that stocks are likely to remain the best investment option given the lower returns on property and cash investments.

“The scrapping of statutory requirements should see more funds from pension funds and insurance companies being channelled to the equities market since it has been giving good returns so far,” Kingdom said.

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has seen low volumes and values of trade due to low liquidity in the market. Meanwhile the demutualisation of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is expected to unlock value in the local stock market. The demutualisation process if successful, would enable the ZSE to raise funding for it’s activities from the new shareholders.