The new finance minister, Simba Makoni, has promised to put the economy on the road to recovery.
Mohammed Enterprises are Simba's official sponsors and are responsible for paying the salaries of both players and coaches.
Simba's Secretary General Kassim Dewji said he us confident that Phiri can steer the team to even more success.
"I believe Simba will now reach new heights in African football, " Dewji said.
Simba insist they did follow established transfer procedures before signing the player.
Having clean water and safe sanitation transforms lives, such as that of Yacouba Doumbia a student from the Simba East school in Mali.
But Simba eventually cracked, as their strained defence failed to pick up a Hosni Rabbou run into the penalty area in the 70th minute.
Blues, who were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday, were due to travel to Africa in July for friendlies against Simba and Yanga.
"I don't think the benefit to Amazon has been that great, " said Michael Norris, a senior analyst for Simba Information, a research and consultancy company.
Simba were originally beaten by TP Mazembe, the side which lost 2-0 to Inter in the final of the Fifa World Club Cup in 2010.
If the three-time Nigerian champions get a draw in their next match against Simba in Dar-es-Salaam, they would secure their place in the tournament's last four.
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The Egyptians dominated the first half but a 22nd minute goal from defender and captain Emad al-Nahas did little to reflect their effort against the slow-starting Simba.
Having been eliminated in the second round of the competition, Simba will now contest a one-off play-off with Morocco's Wydad Casablanca to determine who reaches the group stage.
Even if Simba fail to beat Wydad, they will drop into the Confederation Cup, African club football's second tier competition, which climaxes at the end of the year.
Sophia Simba, Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Ms Maria del Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences.
"Fat regulations say that a player is free to sign for a new club at the end of every season, " Simba SC secretary general Kassim Dewji told the BBC Sport website.
Simba, the Tanzanian club that originally invited Birmingham to East Africa, had earlier told the BBC that they were considering withdrawing the offer after earning an unexpected reprieve in Africa's Champions League competition.
"Caf ordered us to tell Simba not to use Mwinyi for their return leg match in Zambia, " the Football Association of Tanzania (Fat) secretary general Michael Wambura told the BBC Sport website on Friday.
But with next year's elections ringing in his ears, commentators say it seems likely Finance Minister Simba Makoni may find himself putting short term political gains before the prudent management of the ailing economy.
Simba, now third in Group A with four points, will be hoping Asec - currently at the bottom of the group - could get their first win of the competition against Nigeria's Enyimba on Sunday.
Tsvangirai has rejected any possibility of teaming up with Mugabe's other challenger, former Finance Minister Simba Makoni, who recently announced his bid to unseat Mugabe and was promptly booted out of the ruling ZANU-PF party.
He replaces Kenyan James Sianga'a, who was sacked despite making Simba the surprise team of the 2003 Champions League, by guiding them to the group stages of the competition, including a win over eventual champions Enyimba.
Zanaco, who lost 1-0, submitted their protest after another Tanzanian side Yanga SC - archrivals of Simba - wrote a protest letter to Caf that Simba had used the Burundian player, who was still contracted to them.
Cookbooks are currently something of a bright spot in book sales, which declined overall by about 5% in 2008, while the cookbook category declined by only between 1% and 2%, according to Simba Information, a media research company in Stamford, Conn.
From the moment the animals arrive majestically onstage, called from the wings and down the aisles to Pride Rock for the birth of Simba by a mesmerizing Zulu chant and response led by Rafiki, the baboon-shaman, the story is liberated from its soppy, hidebound cartoon naturalism.
The musical is a series of truly vivants tableaux part pageant, part puppet show, part parade, with a touch of Las Vegas revue thrown in telling the story of Simba, a princely lion cub who loses his kingdom, goes into exile, and returns to claim his inheritance from his epicene, malevolent Uncle Scar, a pooftah in the pride.
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