Is Logistics a Key Driver to Global Economic Growth and a Contributor to Vision 2030 of Zimbabwe?

Since the new administration took office, one of its top priorities has been to take any and all efforts that are required to extend an invitation to potential investors to investigate the various economic prospects available in Zimbabwe, using the mantra Zimbabwe is open for business. To this point, the response from both domestic and international businesses can be summed up in one word: overwhelming. The rules are being rewritten to make it easier to start and run a business, and the government has been working diligently and expeditiously to complete and initiate major infrastructure projects in the mining, energy, and transportation sectors. Therefore, the function of freight transport in this endeavour to change the economic fortunes of the country is one that is of the utmost importance. The relationship between investment and economic growth and how it relates to transportation has far-reaching ramifications that go beyond the fundamental function of transportation, which is to move commodities from one location to another