Buy Zimbabwe is an advocacy organisation that promotes quality, competitiveness, production and consumption of locally produced goods and services. Since 2016, AEDS has been working with Buy Zimbabwe to help them better engage with their members, increase their research capacity, increase their policy influence through evidence based advocacy and improve their value proposition to members.

AEDS Has worked with Government of Zimbabwe in Capacity Building Programmes for Zimbabwe Local Authorities (Chiredzi, Kariba and Mount Darwin), Business, Government Departments and Residence Associations on Participatory Budgeting, Public Private Dialogue and Local Economic Development, Financed Germany Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Coordinated by Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce.