Zimbabwe companies miss UN windfall

Zimbabwean companies last year supplied goods and services worth $100 000, down 28% from 2013, to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s procurement division, a clear indication that companies in the country were failing to utilize the system, data from UNDP has shown.

Addressing participants at the inaugural United Nations Procurement Division vendor briefing and registration seminar in Bulawayo recently, UNPD official Bruno Maboja said last year Zimbabwe supplied goods and services worth $100 550, down from $140 273 supplied in 2013.

He said in 2014, the UN procured goods and services worth $3,2 billion and this presented a huge opportunity for local companies.