From Kadoma To Bangkok: Zimbabwe’s Business Ambassador To The World Live at CNN International Today
BANGKOK, THAILAND – 14 OCTOBER 2026
By Prof Kudakwashe Taruberekera, Founder and Group Chief Executive, Craft Properties Holdings
Together with Mrs Yeukai Taruberekera, Operations Director, Craft Properties Holdings
Today is the day. We, Prof Kudakwashe Taruberekera and Mrs Yeukai Taruberekera, Directors of Craft Properties Holdings, are now live in Bangkok, Thailand at The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok waiting to attend the inaugural Asia edition of CNN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES.
This is not a normal conference. This is the world meeting in one room.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGKOK TODAY
CNN describes Global Perspectives as its new invitation-only live event series covering the big ideas, bold leadership and dynamic economies at the frontlines of global transformation. It brings CNN’s renowned journalism and expert analysis to the stage.
Today’s Asia edition is convened alongside the IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meetings – the Financial Olympics of the World. It is an invitation-only convening of global decision-makers and influential leaders shaping the future of technology, finance, geopolitics, healthcare, media and culture.
The format is in-depth conversations led by CNN journalists, live interviews with world leaders and CEOs, and networking moments with top executives, entrepreneurs and global leaders from around the world.
WHY THE WORLD IS IN BANGKOK TODAY
The themes for today show why Bangkok is the centre of the world this week:
1. Ideas That Shape Belief – How leaders, markets and technologies are redefining what people trust and believe.
2. Power That Shapes Lives – Where influence really sits today and how technology and culture are changing who decides and who is heard.
3. Futures We Are Shaping – The choices being made now across energy, cities, AI and culture that will define how we live and work.
WHO IS IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY
We are in the same room with the people who run the world economy. On stage today led by CNN anchors Ellana Lee, Richard Quest, Kristie Lu Stout, Will Ripley, Hanako Montgomery and Dr Sanjay Gupta are:
The Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Director General of the World Trade Organization, Hyun Song Shin Governor of the Bank of Korea, Bernard Mensah President of International Bank of America, Anthony Tan Group CEO of Grab, Jane Sun CEO of Trip.com Group, Kiran Mani Managing Director Asia Pacific OpenAI, Tan Su Shan CEO of DBS Group and other world leaders.
This is why it is important that Craft Properties Holdings is here. Zimbabwe must be at the table where global decisions are made.
FROM A SMALL CITY CALLED KADOMA TO THE WORLD STAGE
Every global empire starts with a single brick. For Craft Properties Holdings that brick was laid in love in Kadoma, Zimbabwe in 2008. Eighteen years later that small city dream is now live in Bangkok.
Kadoma is the only city in Mashonaland West Province and it is called the City of Gold. From this City of Gold we are building a golden future for Zimbabwe and for Africa.
We came from Zihove Village, Chivi North, Masvingo. We started in Kadoma. Today we are in Bangkok. Tomorrow the world. This is a testimony that no dream is too small and no village is too remote when God is in it.
THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME ON THE WORLD STAGE
Let the world understand clearly: Bangkok today is not our first time on the world stage. Craft Properties Holdings has been recognized by the world stage for many years.
In January 2019, Craft Properties was officially registered as a supplier and service provider of the United Nations headquartered in New York City, United States of America. From that year to date, every year, we have remained a UN registered company and we have been attending international conferences and meetings organized by the United Nations worldwide.
Since 2024, Craft Properties Holdings has also been attending the Global Energy and AI Conference under the patronage of the Government of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, every year to date. We were there at Middle East Energy 2026 in Dubai and we continue to engage at that level.
Today, Craft Properties Holdings is now using an international trade and investment approach to the global economy. We are creating business opportunities for the world to benefit from the Zimbabwe economy and trade opportunities for the global economic environment. We are not just bringing the world to Zimbabwe. We are taking Zimbabwe to the world.
WHY A COMPANY FROM KADOMA IS IN BANGKOK TODAY
We are here for three reasons:
First, to carry the flag of Zimbabwe as Zimbabwe’s Business Ambassador to the World. To tell every investor here that Zimbabwe is open for business. Zimbabwe is the bread basket for the whole world. Zimbabwe is the only country in the world having milk and honey in terms of minerals, agriculture and other resources. Gold, platinum, lithium, diamonds, fertile soils, sunshine, water, wildlife and a young educated population.
Second, to learn and bring back home what we need to build Zimbabwe. Bangkok is our classroom today. We are here to learn about solar technology, smart housing, green financing, five-star hospitality and AI to bring back to Holyland Kadoma, Greenfield Cherries Agro-Residential, and our projects in Zambia, Namibia and South Africa.
Third, to show that African businesses built with love, integrity and hope can compete with kindness and excellence on the world stage.
CRAFT PROPERTIES HOLDINGS IS THE MASTER KEY LINK – OUR GROUP OF COMPANIES
In business you need a link you can trust. A link that connects you to land, to government processes, to communities, to technology, to security and to people.
Craft Properties Holdings is that Master Key Link. We are not just selling stands. We are the bridge between international capital and African opportunity. When you partner with us you do not need to knock on ten different doors. You knock on one door and that door opens all the others.
We are a diversified Pan-African group now operating as:
Craft Properties Holdings – Zimbabwe – Our mother company and headquarters in Kadoma, City of Gold, developing Holyland and Greenfield Cherries Agro-Residential along Harare-Bulawayo Highway.
Craft Properties Zambia Limited – Zambia – Opening estates in Lusaka and the Copperbelt, with lodges, schools and solar projects.
Craft Properties Namibia Pty Ltd – Namibia – Tapping into tourism, housing and green energy opportunities.
Craft Properties South Africa Pty Ltd – South Africa – Our technology, investment and continental hub linking Africa to global investors.
And our Zimbabwe new baby with international technology: Never Sleep Security (Pvt) Ltd – Zimbabwe – Our security arm providing all security services and technology, powered by international security technology, protecting homes, estates, schools, lodges and investments. When you build with us, you sleep well because we never sleep.
Across all these companies we deliver: Real Estate and Housing Development, Construction, Renewable Energy and Solar, Education and Schools Infrastructure, Hospitality Lodges and Hotels, PropTech and Smart Homes, and Security Solutions.
BEYOND PROFIT: WE BUILD PEOPLE
On 23 September 2026 we handed over two fully completed houses in Holyland, Kadoma to people living with disabilities and people with albinism. Solar power and boreholes at Easterlea Primary School in Chakari and Tangenhamo Secondary in Mt Darwin, Wonder World Infant School, wheelchairs in Masvingo and Kadoma and poultry project for people with disabilities in Murombedzi.
A FATHER’S WORD TO OUR YOUTH
As a father and Evangelist I speak to our youth in Zimbabwe and across the world: Please do not take drugs. Drugs will destroy your beautiful future. Zimbabwe needs you with a healthy mind and healthy body to build our beautiful country.
OUR GLOBAL ROADMAP AS YOUR AMBASSADOR
Today is just the beginning:
BANGKOK, THAILAND – 14 October 2026 – CNN International Global Perspectives – LIVE TODAY
ABU DHABI, UAE – 11-12 November 2026 – Global AI Show
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – January 2027 – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Zimbabwe is Home. Africa is the Horizon. The World is the Opportunity. And Craft Properties Holdings is the Master Key that links them all.
Follow our journey. Partner with your Ambassador. Build with us.
Prof Kudakwashe Taruberekera and Mrs Yeukai Taruberekera are writing live from The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok, Thailand, 14 October 2026.
For Partnerships: Craft Properties Holdings – Zimbabwe’s Business Ambassador To The World – Kadoma City of Gold – Craft Properties Zambia Limited – Zambia – Craft Properties Namibia Pty Ltd – Namibia – Craft Properties South Africa Pty Ltd – South Africa – Never Sleep Security (Pvt) Ltd Zimbabwe
