Zambezi Trade Capital

Zambezi Trade Capital Trade Finance Platform Financing orders. Powering progress.

Our mission

Zambezi Trade Capital finances confirmed export orders for African producers, beginning in Zimbabwe. We enable producers to fulfil orders from international buyers — creating jobs, growing exports, and building a documented track record in export trade finance.

  • Real trade

    We finance real export orders to creditworthy international buyers.

  • Structured deals

    Each transaction is individually assessed, documented and secured against the underlying order.

  • Diaspora connection

    Built by Zimbabweans, for producers and communities we know.

  • Real export trade

    Deal-by-deal opportunities backed by confirmed orders from international buyers.

  • Shared progress

    Stronger businesses. More exports. More jobs. Stronger communities.

UK platform vision Building towards a UK-authorised platform structure over time.

Capital that crosses borders. Prosperity that stays.

Transparent by design
Rigorous by process

Zambezi Trade Capital is not currently authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Nothing on this site is an offer, invitation or inducement to invest.

The problem

01 / The problem

A confirmed order is not the same as the money to fill it.

African exporters routinely hold confirmed orders from creditworthy international buyers and cannot fulfil them for want of working capital. Local bank finance is scarce, slow and expensive.

02 / What we finance

Confirmed export orders, settled in hard currency.

The buyer is an established international purchaser settling in hard currency. Each transaction is assessed individually — against the order, against the buyer, and against the producer's capacity to deliver.

Goods

  • Agricultural produce
  • Horticultural produce
  • Specialty crops
  • Processed goods

What each assessment covers

  1. 01The orderTerms, specification, price and delivery
  2. 02The buyerStanding, payment record and settlement currency
  3. 03The producerCapacity to deliver to the order

03 / How a transaction works

Order first. Capital second. Repayment from the buyer.

  1. 01Order confirmedWith an international buyer
  2. 02Requirement assessedThe producer's working capital need
  3. 03Production financedInputs and processing funded
  4. 04Goods exportedProduced and shipped to the buyer
  5. 05Buyer settlesPayment in hard currency
  6. 06Facility repaidOut of the settlement proceeds

04 / Why this structure

Repayment does not depend on domestic currency conversion.

Repayment comes from an international buyer settling in hard currency, rather than depending on domestic currency conversion or exchange control approval. That materially changes the risk profile of African trade finance.

Where repayment usually comes from

Domestic revenue, converted, and subject to exchange control approval.

Where repayment comes from here

An international buyer, settling in hard currency, against a confirmed order.

05 / Where we are

Pilot stage.

The business is at pilot stage. It finances transactions from its own capital and is building a documented performance record.

Opening participation to external investors would require a properly authorised structure. That is not currently available, and nothing on this site is an offer or an invitation to invest.

06 / Who we work with

Producers, buyers and the infrastructure between them.

Read the thesis

Finance the order, not the country.

The full case: why capital does not reach these transactions, how the structure changes what is being underwritten, the credit problem stated honestly, and the risks that cannot be structured away.

White Paper v1Founder hypothesis12 sections

Read the white paper Download the White Paper (PDF)

07 / Contact

General enquiries

For enquiries about producers, buyers or trade partnerships, write to us.

enquiries@zambezitradecapital.com