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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88313, member: 27"]
Three-quarters of Zimbabwe's districts have already been hit by the RBZ's ZiG awareness blitz, and the new banknote series drops on April 7.

Campaign coverage is moving fast
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[*]The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe kicked off the campaign on March 1.
[*]48 out of 64 districts were reached within just 15 days.
[*]Bulawayo and Harare both achieved full coverage already.
[*]The Midlands leads all provinces at 88% reach.
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Participation numbers are stacking up
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[*]A total of 610,541 people have been directly engaged so far.
[*]Harare alone accounts for 209,882 of those participants.
[*]The Midlands followed with 124,411 people reached.
[*]1,167 urban and rural centres have been covered nationwide.
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Target groups skew toward women and youth
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[*]Women and youth make up 29.7% of those engaged.
[*]The education sector represents 19.4% of participants.
[*]Business and agriculture account for another 19.1% combined.
[*]Civil servants and community leaders round out the remaining 14.3%.
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Public concerns are surfacing already
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[*]Limited coin and note circulation is a recurring complaint.
[*]People want clarity on what happens to current ZiG notes post-April 7.
[*]Inflation-control measures are raising questions.
[*]Penalties for businesses refusing ZiG payments got flagged.
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