Guides
Plain-English investor guidance.
Short, practical explainers on the process, economics and structures behind inbound capital into Zimbabwe and the region — written to orient, with links to the templates that put each idea into practice.
General information only — not legal, tax or investment advice, and not an offer of, or solicitation to invest in, any security.
How to invest: NDA → DDQ → subscription → capital call
The full path from first conversation to deployed capital — sign the NDA, self-certify and receive the data room, work through the due-diligence questionnaire, subscribe, and fund on capital calls.
Read guideThe European waterfall explained
How a fund-level, fully cross-collateralised distribution waterfall actually works — return of capital, the preferred return (hurdle), the GP catch-up, and the 80/20 carry split — and why it favours LPs over a deal-by-deal model.
Read guideQualified & accredited investor basics
Why private funds can only take certain investors, what 'accredited', 'qualified' and 'professional' mean across the US, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and how self-certification and KYC work before you can see a data room.
Read guideUSD ring-fencing & repatriation
How a US/South African holding stack keeps a Zimbabwean investment USD-denominated and insulated from local currency risk — and the exchange-control path for getting capital in and profits back out.
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