Diaspora Research and Facilitation Service

Your Ground Presence in Zimbabwe, Wherever You Are

The Problem

Distance is expensive. Every year, diaspora investors lose money in Zimbabwe not because the opportunities aren't real, but because they're managing them from thousands of kilometres away — through phone calls, WhatsApp updates, and relatives who mean well but aren't equipped to verify what they're reporting back. It has a name on the ground: Cellphone Farming — a business run entirely through a phone, with no independent eyes on the actual operation.

By the time the gap between what was reported and what was real becomes visible, the money is usually already gone.

This isn't a trust problem you solve by cutting family and friends out. It's a verification problem — and verification is exactly what's missing.

How Maltech-Africa Closes the Gap

We don't ask you to choose between using people you trust and protecting your investment. We stand in as the independent, professional layer between the two — verifying what's actually happening on the ground, so the people you trust and the money you've invested are finally looking at the same picture.

Do Everything Through Maltech-Africa

Rather than managing a dozen separate relationships — a builder, a manager, a relative checking in occasionally, a lawyer for paperwork — clients can route the entire operation through a single point of contact. We source opportunities, verify them before you commit a cent, and stay involved in the operation for as long as you need us to.

Flexible service models, chargeable individually or combined:

Structuring Across Two Countries

Diaspora investors don't have to choose between operating in Zimbabwe and banking in South Africa — the two can work together.

How We Invest — and What We Won't Recommend

Good facilitation includes saying no to the wrong opportunity. We steer clients away from:

If You're Already in South Africa, or Further Abroad

For Zimbabweans currently based in South Africa: when the time comes to return, integrate and partner rather than closing your South African business outright. A business you've already built doesn't need to end — it can become part of the dual-country structure that supports your move.

For diaspora in the UK, the USA, and elsewhere: South Africa itself is a viable place to do business, not just a stopover on the way home. The same verification and facilitation model applies.

Whether you need a single inspection, ongoing project management, or the full "do everything through Maltech-Africa" model, we'll scope a service package around what you actually need — not a fixed package that doesn't fit your situation.

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