The 40-year-old's cover was blown up by airport workers at Bulawayo's Joshua Nkomo Airport, with some posting pictures on social media sites after posing with him. This created media hype and the Portuguese former star could not escape the press on his departure on Friday.
He was in the company of South African mining magnate Gayton Mackenzie and he promised to return to Zimbabwe soon and set up a charity foundation.
"Zimbabwe is a nice country and I enjoyed my brief stay here," Figo told an army of journalists who swarmed him.
"If an opportunity arises I would love to invest here just like any other business man and also expand my charity foundation here."
Mackenzie, however, said Figo's visit was a test-run to bring more high profile footballers to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is well known for being rich in minerals like gold and diamonds, and Mackenzie ruled out any mining interests by the former World Footballer of the Year.
"I am planning to come with (Lionel) Messi, Cristiano (Ronaldo), (Zinedine) Zidane and Raul for a charity match against the Warriors legends. This is a pan at an advanced stage and am returning next week to try and talk to Zifa," Mackenzie said.
Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole used to run a charity organisation in Zimbabwe.
