Rapid Market Assessment of Key Sectors for Women and Youth in Zimbabwe

This Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) was conducted at the request of the ILO to support the design and development of a 3-year project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and scheduled to run from 2017-2019 in Zimbabwe. The project aims to support women and youth in rural livelihoods to generate better and more sustainable income and employment opportunities by strengthening production and value-addition in a number of key rural economic sectors. Based on discussions with key ministries and an initial assessment during 2016 the AfDB selected four sectors as the project’s focus, namely, apiculture, artisanal mining, mopane worms and horticulture. The project outline received approval by AfDB board in December 2016, and so this RMA is intended to complement and strengthen the project’s key agreed activities, as well as help determine more specific interventions. In addition, the ILO requested a wider scoping of other products that could potentially benefit the target groups as part of their wider country strategy