With inflation souring high every month, most Zimbabweans are now living
below the poverty datum line. Zimbabwe supermarkets are empty and most
food stuffs are now being imported from South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique.
The food shortages in the country has opened up new, unique opportunities for innovative Zimbabwean entrepreneurs.

In the field of e-commerce the champions are undoubtedly Zimbabwe online supermarkets which enable Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to buy groceries, petrol, generators and medical supplies online for their families in Zimbabwe.

One such supermarket is ZimSeller (www.zimseller.com) which has a large range of grocery and non-grocery products in stock. Visiting the online shop, one is struck by the beautiful layout of the shop with categories which show number of products
in stock and can easily be navigated.

ZimSeller's products have colourful pictures to show the customer the nature
of the product on sale. ZimSeller offers good customer service and it's easy to speak to the sales people on the phone. They also have good product availability at competitive prices.
In our opinion ZimSeller.com is a very good and reliable website to buy Zimbabwe groceries for your family and relatives in Zimbabwe.

However one must bear in mind that supermarkets always come and go, and there are also so many online supermarkets offering the same services. It is advisable to do a bit of investigative work about what’s on offer, prices, reliability and the online store's customer service before spending your money, to ensure you get good value for your money.

Other websites selling Zimbabwean products include: zimbuyer.com, zimproducts.com, mukuru.com, yes-zim.com, zimbabwegroceries.com, premier786.com and zimland.com.

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When most Zimbabweans left the country for UK, not many knew what they where getting themselves into. The lure of a better life was too big to resist. Many decided to jump out of the sinking ship and swim. What about all those problems back home, be it political or economic things were just tough. Only to find themselves doing jobs of which you do not even need to go to school to be able to do them. And most of them are University graduates, that was a massive blow to peoples egos, pride and personalities.

Nothing will shock the system than to come from a high office job in Zimbabwe, a promising career path, with all those qualifications to come to UK and work all these funny jobs. One can never go lower than that.
But besides all these disappointments and the difficulties of living in a foreign country, there are still loads of business opportunities. In fact of you are tired of your job you should seriously consider start your own business even if on part time basis.

Some enterprising Zimbabweans are into, shipping, foreign currency trading, online grocery shops, employment agencies and also online entrepreneurs. With a little bit of research, anyone can find an opportunity to make a living from. However how you set your goals and your action plan will determine you success.

Many people have computers at home with high speed broadband connection. All they do is spend time in chart rooms, social networking sites, downloading music and films and some just use them to read mail. Not many realise that they are actually missing out on the current big Internet boom.
More and more people are shopping online, more and more companies are advertising online, thus bringing in a lot of money into the Internet businesses.

Many people are making a living from the Internet with affiliate marketing. With affiliate marketing, you do not even need to have your own product. You make money through selling other people's products. There are people making millions, but remember not to expect get rich quick scams. In any business you have to work to build it

You can join an affiliate marketing program today, HERE and start making money.

Since many people now shop online, you can even make money by giving away discount coupons. You can also use the same vouchers to shop online and save money.

Join HERE and save money with discount vouchers.

You can even socialise in the chart rooms and make money. You can join a social networking site HERE and start making money today by just inviting your friends to join. It's that simple.

You can even make money by telling people what you enjoy doing. If you like football, you can make money by just talking about your football and other things associated with it. You can even make money telling people how to cook sadza, it's that simple. There are so many blog platforms like blogger, live journal and wordpress, you can join today and start writing about anything you like and make money.

Don't miss out on the Internet boom, there are a lot of opportunities to make money online. You can find some here, How to making Money Online

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The term role model was introduced by Robert K Merton. Merton say that individuals compare themselves with "reference groups" full of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires. The term passed into general use to mean an "person who serves as an example of a positive behavior". (wikipedia)

Your destiny in life is determined by the various decisions you make, the goals you set for yourself and also how you plan to achieve those goals. Your role models determine the path you take and also some of the different actions and decisions at different stages in life. You may look up to people like Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, David Beckham, Econet wireless boss Strive Masiyiwa, Joshua Nkomo, Anthony Robins etc. There are all different reasons, but the bottom line is what they have contributed to society and how you view and value their contribution is a major factor.

If we look at the kids growing up in our community today, who do they look up to as their role models. What do they want to do when they grow up? Are there any role models in the country today? Long back teachers, nurses and members of the police force were well respected members of the community and many youngsters would look forward to join those professions. But as of today who would want to be a teacher when they grow up.

It reminds about the joke of the little girl who picked up a piece of paper in the house? The girl went up to her father and said, "Dad did you see how low our electricity bill for this month is". The father just sat down crying because that was his pay slip, how embarrassing and what if he was a teacher. Do you think he told the little girl that it was actually his payslip.

The world today is growing as a global village, we all look up to different people from different parts of world. Like for myself my interest is Internet, online business and marketing. Everything I do, there are successful Internet marketers who inspire me. This means I tried to model my works around their successful strategies, which already are giving me rewards. Anyone can make a living of the Internet if you know what you are doing and you seek the right guidance.

With the growing number of consumers shopping online, their has been a boom in advertising online. This has also open a lot of opportunities to enterprising business people. Do not miss out on this Internet boom, there are loads of opportunities you can start making a living online with today.

- You can start affiliate marketing, get ideas and opportunities Click HERE.

- Join a network marketing program today HERE.

If you look around this site you will also find different opportunities that can start making you money today. Time is very important in Internet business, act quick and take advantage of the many opportunities available online.

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The severe shortage of goods in Zimbabwe has seen an increase in the number of online grocery stores targetting Zimbabweans in the diaspora. They sale different goods, from groceries, electric generators, satelite TV, petrol and disiel, paraffin and also solar pannels.

High inflation rate and the continuos fall in the value of the Zimbabwean dollar has affected the profitabilty of supermarkets faced with government price controls. Most of these online stores sell locally made goods and they charge in foregn currencym mainly US dollars and British pound.

However there are advantages and also problems to be encountered in dealing with these online stores. It is very important to know how to shop online safely and also how to choose which online shops to use.


Online shops provide a valuable service given the severe shortage of goods in Zimbabwe. Over the yaers Zimbabweans have left the country and now live in different countries all over the world, and most families in Zimbabwe rely on people in the diaspora.
Online shops take out the hasle of queing at the shops where goods are available.

However one need to be carefull when dealing with these online stores. If you don't know an online retailer by reputation, before you enter your card details and personal information you need to:

- Do back ground check, check physical address or call to talk to a company representative.
- Explore the site for third party seals of approval, this means they abide by a set of rigorous standards such as how complaints and disputes will be resolved and also how they use your personal information. Even with the seals click to see if they link to the site. Some unscrupulous dealers may use these seals to cheat buyers. You may also need to find out what other shoppers are saying.
- Review shipping methods and policies, carriers they use, shipping rates and where they ship from.
- Before you enter your card details the company should only require information necessary to complete the purchase.

There is also a danger of buying goods that will not be delivered or goods which do not meet discription, so it is important to carry out checks so that so do not lose out. The families back home may also get delivery of damaged goods or maybe goods neear or out of date. This is one disadvatage of shooping online because your do not get to check the goods before they are delivered. Because of the desperation caused by the shortage of goods back in Zimbabwe probably the people may not check the quality of the goods delivered. That's why it is important to deal with people with a good reputation.

Word of mouth from friends and family, is the most trusted source of information. It is important to trust your instincts, if it's too good to be true probably it is.

Feel free to share your online shooping experiences from these online shops here. Do you have any particular shop you would recommend, did you get a bad deal from any of these shops. Your contribution may help somebody out there.

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