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What a $5900 stock loan actually costs in Harare — every lender, every fee
Bank, microfinance or street lender: the true cost of a $500 business loan in Harare, with every fee and waiting time c…
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How to start a broiler chicken business in Zimbabwe (100 birds)
Start a broiler chicken business in Zimbabwe with $540: full startup costs, licences, 6-week cycle steps and profit per…
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Buy, sell, or back a business.
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Tuckshop cluster, 3 sites
For saleChitungwiza · Retail · running 5 years
$22,000
Asking
$6,800
Rev / month
18%
Margin
Stock incl.
Offer
✓ Books verified May 2026
Systems that run your business for you
Ready-made management systems for transport, retail and poultry businesses — watch a demo, try it live.
Transport Manager
Routes, vehicles, drivers, fuel and contract billing — one dashboard for a kombi fleet or school-run business.
See demo & video →Retail Manager
Stock, sales and reordering for shops that price in two currencies.
See demo & video →Poultry Manager
Batches, feed, mortality and sales — the broiler guide numbers, tracked live for your own operation.
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- How to start a broiler chicken business in Zimbabwe (100 birds)
- + goats, piggery — coming
Retail & Trading
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Food & Agriculture
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Guides published
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Each with a dated cost table.
Industries covered
6
Poultry to retail to transport.
Figures verified
Jun 2026
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