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How social media is influencing Zimbabwe’s diaspora investors

Al Jazeera · · 1215 words · By Calvin Manika
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“Kundai Chitima, 31, and Kelvin Birioti, 20, each running their own social media channel, have built followings that seem to influence a growing number of Zimbabweans abroad considering return or investment.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions and Wikipedia entries for the letter 'S', which are completely irrelevant to the claim about Kundai Chitima and Kelvin Birioti.
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web search NEUTRAL — -'s is the usual spoken form of 'has', especially where 'has' is an auxiliary verb. It is added to the end of the pronoun or noun which is the subject of the verb.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/s_1
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web search NEUTRAL — " S " is the nineteenth letter in the English alphabet. It is a consonant. Consonants are the letters that are produced by stopping the letter from flowing easily.
https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/906/the-letter-s
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web search NEUTRAL — S (minuscule: s) is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S
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“Catherine Mutisi, who spent 17 years living in the United Kingdom working as an accountant... had already begun investing in Zimbabwe, building two houses, buying a small plot and starting a business.”
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The evidence provided includes a YouTube video on stock investing, a blog about Denmark, and a UK test website. None of these sources mention Catherine Mutisi or her investments in Zimbabwe.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ij7A1VCB7I
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https://ninaoutandabout.ca/pros-and-cons-of-living-in-denmar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Life in the UK test FREE online practice 2020 …
https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/test-1/
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“Birioti... enrolled at Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) in Bindura. He dropped out, however, due to financial challenges and decided to move to Harare.”
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The evidence provided consists of scientific definitions of the 'Kelvin' temperature scale, which is irrelevant to the person Kelvin Birioti and his education at ZEGU.
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web search NEUTRAL — The kelvin (symbol: K) is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 4, 2026 · The Kelvin (K) scale, an absolute temperature scale (obtained by shifting the Celsius scale by −273.15° so that absolute zero coincides with 0 K), is recognized as the international stan…
https://www.britannica.com/science/kelvin
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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2018 · The Kelvin scale is used widely in science, particularly in the physical sciences. In everyday life, it is most often encountered as the “color temperature” of a lamp.
https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kelvin-introduction
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“Chitima worked as a teacher in South Africa before returning to Zimbabwe in 2015.”
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One web search result mentions Kundai Chitima as a Zimbabwean creative capturing Africa's narrative, but it does not explicitly confirm he worked as a teacher in South Africa or returned in 2015. The other results are general Wikipedia entries for Zimbabwe or unrelated films.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cook Off is a 2017 Zimbabwean romantic comedy film written and directed by Tomas Brickhill. Set in contemporary middle class society of Harare, the film stars Tendaiishe Chitima, Fungai Majaya and Teh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Off
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web search NEUTRAL — Zimbabwe,[c] officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe
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web search NEUTRAL — Zimbabwean creative Kundai Chitima captures Africa’s generational awakening, transforming rural life into a renaissance.Kundai’s power lies in authenticity. Unlike mainstream media’s distortions, his …
https://fenceafrica24.com/redefining-africas-narrative-the-q…
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“Before his time in South Africa, he had worked as a civil servant.”
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The evidence provided consists of information about virtual credit cards and SWIFT codes, which is irrelevant to Kundai Chitima's employment history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cook Off is a 2017 Zimbabwean romantic comedy film written and directed by Tomas Brickhill. Set in contemporary middle class society of Harare, the film stars Tendaiishe Chitima, Fungai Majaya and Teh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Off
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https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/swift-bic-codes.html
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“The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reported a 21.8 percent unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2024, based on strict International Labour Organization definitions.”
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The evidence provided is about the Charlotte Hornets NBA team and has no relation to Zimstat or unemployment rates in Zimbabwe.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2026 · Add the Charlotte Hornets Standings widget to your website See more options by customize your widget Generate HTML Tag
https://www.365scores.com/en-us/basketball/team/charlotte-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — Visit FOXSports.com for Charlotte Hornets NBA Conference standings - including conference, division, and preseason standings. Charlotte Hornets W-L, PCT, GB, L-10, and more.
https://www.foxsports.com/nba/charlotte-hornets-team-standin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 7, 2026 · View the Charlotte Hornets's Official NBA Schedule, Roster & Standings. Watch Charlotte Hornets's Games with NBA League Pass.
https://www.nba.com/team/1610612766/hornets
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“Between 76 percent and 80 percent of workers are in the informal sector, relying on subsistence or unregulated employment.”
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One source (Bulawayo24) mentions Zimstat reporting that 85% of non-agriculture workers were informally employed, which is close to the claim's range (76-80%), but the other sources are either general global stats or contradictory academic papers. It is not corroborated by multiple independent sources for the specific 76-80% range.
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web search NEUTRAL — By this account, the informal sector actually. employs – contrary to public perception – fewer workers than the formal sector and. unemployment is no higher in Zimbabwe than in some industrialized cou…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50862251_Employment…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Among those employed in the non-agriculture sectors, 85 percent were informally employed," said Zimstat. The Agency also revealed that 48.8% or 1 367 291 of youth between 15-24 were just "roaming aro…
https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-224122.htm…
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web search NEUTRAL — informal employment sector to be around 60% globally.
https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/more-60-cent-world’s-emplo…
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“a 2025 World Bank report estimates it [youth unemployment] at 76.8 percent.”
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The evidence provided contains general information about World Bank and ILO unemployment indicators and EU rates, but does not provide the specific 76.8% figure for Zimbabwe youth unemployment in a 2025 report.
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web search NEUTRAL — World Development Indicators. International Debt Statistics. Other Books and Reports. Country & Lending Groups. Data Portals and Tools.Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (nati…
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
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web search NEUTRAL — Due to differences in methodology, unemployment rate estimates often vary from source to source, sometimes significantly. Data from World Bank, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the US …
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/unemploym…
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web search NEUTRAL — Europe March 2026: EU unemployment rate at 6.0%. Germany has the lowest youth unemployment in the EU.
https://www.destatis.de/Europa/EN/Topic/Population-Labour-So…
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“In recent years, several big retailers, including Choppies, Truworths, OK Zimbabwe, and N Richards, have downsized or closed operations.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the downsizing or closure of these specific retailers.
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“Zimbabwe’s diaspora is concentrated in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, according to government figures.”
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No evidence was found after searching for government figures regarding the concentration of the Zimbabwean diaspora.
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“They state that up to 50 percent of high-end residential properties sold were purchased by Zimbabweans living abroad in recent years.”
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“In some regions, land prices have risen by 20–30 percent year-on-year, a surge partly attributed to diaspora buyers.”
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“Reports from the Zimbabwe Farmers Union indicate that about 10-15 percent of new farm leases over the past two to three years involve diaspora investors, with activity concentrated in Mashonaland Central and Matabeleland regions.”
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“Remittances reached $1.7bn in 2023 and continue to rise.”
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“In 2025, Zimbabweans abroad sent $2.45bn home, with the UK and South Africa the largest sources, according to government data.”
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