08/10/2026
Did Zimbabwe miss its biggest economic opportunity in the 1980s?
🎙️ In our latest episode: "Zimbabwe's Missed Opportunity - Economic Series" Tinashe breaks down the history of the Feruka-Beira pipeline from its private capital origins to the long-term impact of state control on nation-building infrastructure.
Tinashe: "The Feruka-Beira pipeline that was actually built by Tiny Rowland in the 50s, 60s. He actually raised private capital, and he's actually a victim of UDI, because when UDI happened, it was nationalized by Ian Smith."
"If that pipeline had remained in private hands, then the private hands should have protected it because they knew the necessity. But a socialist government is not going to understand the necessity. And that is why up to now, we still have just one pipeline, and for the longest, it wasn't even operating..."
📈 The 1980s Missed Opportunity: "The missed chance of the 80s was not having people in government who understood business."
Watch Tinashe, Ranga, and George unpack what can history teach us about future growth.
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