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Vocational Training Campus

Investment Opportunity · Industries

Vocational Training Campus

Gweru, ZimbabweOpen · GrantOPP-F68522A7

Raising

$600K

Target Return

Impact: 1,200 trained artisans a year

Horizon

Flexible

Min. Investment

$25K

Business Summary

The Trust trains young people in the trades local employers can't fill: welding, electrical installation, solar fitting and plumbing. Grant funding builds two workshops on donated land in Gweru and covers bursaries for the first three intakes. Employers co-design the courses and commit to interviewing every graduate.

Why Invest

Investment Highlights

  • 82% of the last three pilot cohorts in work within six months
  • Letters of intent from 11 employers in the Midlands
  • Courses accredited with the Higher Education Examinations Council
  • Quarterly impact reports to every funder
The Capital

What it needs

Project value
$800K
Capital required
$600K
Already secured
$100K
Capital gap
$500K
What investors are asked for

Public–private partnership. Figures as stated by the company; the full breakdown is in the data room.

Bankability

Investment readiness

  1. Identified
  2. Profiled
  3. Pre-feasibility
  4. Feasibility done
  5. Structured
  6. Investment-ready
Readiness record1 of 11 done
  • Ownership verifiedDone
  • Land or title confirmedIn progress
  • Feasibility studyIn progress
  • Market studyNot started
  • Financial modelNot started
  • Environmental approvalNot started
  • Regulatory approvalsNot started
  • Offtake or anchor customersNot started
  • Management team in placeNot started
  • Data room readyNot started
  • Capital structure agreedNot started

As stated by the company. “Checked” means our analysts have verified a document proving that item; ask for the documents behind any other.

On the Ground

Project Location

Gweru, Zimbabwe

Next step

Express your interest

Register interest in Vocational Training Campus ($600K · Impact: 1,200 trained artisans a year). We connect you with Skills for Work Trust and share the full due-diligence pack.