Alfred H Knight set sights on Zim market

Own Correspondent

Alfred H Knight , a company that offers inspection , analytical and technical consultancy services to support metals and mineral trade in several countries has set sights on entering the Zimbabwean market .

Company officials who were in Zimbabwe recently to scout for business opportunities, praised the country’s friendly investment climate.

“We applaud the obtaining investment climate which has been created under the new political administration,” said the company’s regional business development manager Jonas Kamonere.

Adding on, the multinational company’s Business Development manager in ASIA Simon Sun, said the company is targeting Zimbabwe because of its strategic mineral wealth.

“Zimbabwe is very strategic insofar as the mineral resource underground is concerned,” he said.

Alfred H Knight boasts of over 140 years of experience in inspection and testing and has a footprint in at least 8 African countries that includes Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.

Globally, it has a presence in at least 60 countries .

Its entry into Zimbabwe’s market is seen as an opportunity to enhance the country’s mineral earnings.