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Executive Summary

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd is a Harare-based Zimbabwean Private Limited Company built to deliver low-volume roads, town access roads, industrial park internal roads, drainage, culverts, and minor bridge works for councils, mining houses, commercial farmers, and property developers. We work in USD, because our clients need stable pricing and predictable project value in a market where fuel, materials, and public procurement cycles can distort local-currency contracting.

We are launching as a focused mid-tier contractor with the technical discipline to handle project delivery and the commercial flexibility to win the 1–5 km road packages that larger firms often overlook. Our leadership combines civil engineering, finance, plant logistics, tendering, and QHSE capability, giving investors a business that is structured for execution rather than speculation.

The market opportunity is clear. We are targeting a fragmented road-works spend pool across Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, and Midlands, where 60 to 80 organisations regularly procure road works and combined annual road spend is well above USD 80,000,000. That demand is recurring, practical, and tied to real operating needs in mining, agriculture, local government, and development.

:::reassure Why this opportunity is financeable

• We operate in a recurring infrastructure niche, not a one-off project market.
• Our contracts are priced in USD, protecting project value.
• We combine new construction with maintenance, creating repeat revenue potential.
• Our delivery model is lean enough for small jobs and credible enough for institutional buyers.
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Our Year 1 revenue target is USD 2,082,000, driven by gravel road construction, surfaced road construction, and road maintenance contracts. The model reaches annual break-even at USD 1,484,600 in revenue, with break-even timing achieved in Month 1 within Year 1, which gives the business early operating resilience once the first contracts are mobilised.

By Year 3, we project revenue of USD 3,139,623, and by Year 5 the business reaches USD 4,162,990. Gross margin is held at 20.0% across the forecast period, while EBITDA expands from USD 168,480 in Year 1 to USD 495,306 in Year 5, showing a clear path from launch scale to a stronger mid-tier contracting platform.

The Business Model Behind the Forecast

Our commercial model is built around lump-sum and BoQ-based road construction contracts, plus maintenance and grading agreements that smooth cash flow between larger jobs. We earn from gravel road construction, surfaced access roads, and periodic maintenance, with revenue diversity reducing reliance on any single client or project type.

The business is led by me, the founder and Managing Director, with over 9 years of experience in civil engineering and road construction project management in Zimbabwe. I work alongside Alex Chen, Operations Manager, a civil engineer with 10 years of experience in road construction across Zimbabwe and Zambia; Taylor Nguyen, Finance & Administration Manager, a qualified accountant with 8 years of experience in construction finance; Drew Martinez, Plant & Logistics Supervisor, with more than 12 years in earthmoving equipment; Sam Patel, Business Development & Tendering Lead, with 7 years in infrastructure tendering; and Jamie Okafor, QHSE Officer, with 6 years in construction safety and quality management.

This team supports a business that is designed to be contract-ready, audit-friendly, and operationally disciplined from day one. That matters because our customers buy certainty as much as they buy earthworks, surfacing, and drainage.

:::tip What the investor is backing

• A registered Zimbabwean road contractor with USD-based pricing.
• A management team with direct civil works, finance, tendering, logistics, and safety experience.
• A forecasted Year 1 net income of USD 90,805.
• A 5-year revenue path to USD 4,162,990.
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Why the Market Wants This Company

Zimbabwe’s councils, mining houses, farmers, and developers often need road work delivered fast, but they do not want to carry the fixed cost of in-house fleets, supervisors, and maintenance teams. Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors fills that gap by providing one accountable contractor for road formation, drainage, surfacing, rehabilitation, and maintenance.

Our strongest demand comes from buyers in Harare Metropolitan and the surrounding provinces who need reliable mobilization, clean pricing, and disciplined reporting. We are especially well positioned for clients that want engineering-standard execution on projects too small for large highway contractors, but too technical for informal plant operators.

Funding Requirement and Capital Structure

We are seeking USD 320,000 in total funding to launch and stabilize the business. The structure is USD 120,000 in equity capital and USD 200,000 in long-term debt, with the funds directed toward equipment, vehicles, yard and office setup, working capital, and operating buffer.

That capital is sufficient to place the company into active trading with the grader, tipper, compactors, support vehicles, and site systems needed to execute our first contracts professionally. It also gives us the liquidity to cover early project costs before customer receipts are fully collected.

Headline Financials at a Glance

• Year 1 Revenue: USD 2,082,000
• Year 3 Revenue: USD 3,139,623
• Year 5 Revenue: USD 4,162,990
• Year 1 Gross Margin: 20.0%
• Year 1 EBITDA: USD 168,480
• Year 1 Net Income: USD 90,805
• Annual Break-Even Revenue: USD 1,484,600
• Break-Even Timing: Month 1 within Year 1
• Year 1 DSCR: 2.59
• Year 5 DSCR: 11.01

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd is an asset-backed, cash-generative roadworks business with clear market demand, a disciplined operating model, and a forecast that supports both repayment capacity and long-term growth. Our objective is to convert Zimbabwe’s recurring road access gap into dependable contract revenue, measured profitability, and a scalable construction platform.

Company Description

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd is a Zimbabwe-registered Private Limited Company based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with an operational focus on Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, and Midlands. We were established to close a persistent infrastructure gap in low-volume road access, town entry routes, industrial park roads, and maintenance works that support economic activity across mining, farming, and urban development corridors.

We operate in USD because our core clients, including mining houses, developers, and several councils, increasingly procure road works in hard currency to protect project value and keep BOQ pricing stable. That currency discipline supports clearer contracting, cleaner cost control, and more dependable delivery across project cycles that are often exposed to fuel volatility, materials inflation, and delayed public payments.

Our company is built around a focused civil engineering model. We design, construct, rehabilitate, and maintain gravel roads, surfaced access roads, drainage systems, culverts, and minor bridge works for clients who need a contractor that can mobilize quickly, price transparently, and deliver to engineering standards without requiring the client to maintain its own plant fleet.

What we do and who we serve

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors serves rural district councils, urban councils, mining companies, commercial farmers, logistics park developers, and property developers. These clients need dependable road infrastructure that improves access, supports operations, and reduces downtime caused by poor road conditions.

Our work is centered on the road segments that are often too small, too remote, or too specialized for large highway-focused contractors to prioritize. We are positioned for 1–5 km projects, internal access roads, feeder routes, industrial park circulation roads, and periodic maintenance contracts that require disciplined execution rather than oversized overheads.

We focus on:

• Gravel road construction and rehabilitation
• Surfaced road construction for access and internal circulation
• Drainage works, including side drains and culverts
• Minor bridge works tied to local access improvement
• Road grading and maintenance contracts

Our delivery model is designed for clients who value speed, accountability, and cost clarity. We provide BoQ-based pricing, structured reporting, quality assurance, and a standard 12-month defects liability period with scheduled follow-up inspections.

Our mission and commercial purpose

Our mission is to build and maintain reliable roads that unlock productive land use, industrial access, and municipal service delivery in Zimbabwe. We exist to turn poor access into measurable operational advantage for clients who depend on roads to move goods, people, machinery, and inputs.

We are not a generalist contractor chasing every infrastructure line item. We are a road-first civil contractor with a clear operating niche, a lean cost structure, and a service promise built around dependable mobilization, technical compliance, and long-term client trust.

:::reassure Why this business is investable

• We serve customers with recurring infrastructure needs, not one-off demand.
• We contract in USD, which reduces pricing distortion and protects margin.
• We combine construction and maintenance revenue, improving repeat business potential.
• We target projects that are large enough to be profitable but small enough for fast deployment.
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Legal structure, registration, and compliance

The business is incorporated as Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors (Pvt) Ltd under Zimbabwean law. We will maintain all required registrations for commercial and public-sector work, including PRAZ registration and ZINARA-approved status where required for public tenders.

This compliance position matters because a significant share of our addressable market sits inside public procurement, municipal works, and quasi-public infrastructure programs. We are structured to compete on tender portals, perform under contract conditions, and satisfy the documentation discipline that councils, mines, and developers expect from a serious contractor.

We also operate with a quality, health, safety, and environment mindset from day one. Road construction carries plant, traffic, dust, excavation, and site-access risks, so our internal controls are built around safe mobilization, equipment discipline, and documented site supervision.

Ownership and leadership

The company is led by me as founder and managing director, and I bring over 9 years of experience in civil engineering and road construction project management in Zimbabwe. My background is in gravel and surfaced roads for both public and private clients, which gives the company practical understanding of what clients require on site, in paperwork, and in closeout.

Our core operating team is structured around execution, finance, fleet control, business development, and compliance:

• Alex Chen, Operations Manager, is a civil engineer with 10 years of experience in road construction across Zimbabwe and Zambia, specializing in site management, BOQ interpretation, and contract administration.
• Taylor Nguyen, Finance & Administration Manager, is a qualified accountant with 8 years of experience in construction company finance, budgeting, and project cost control.
• Drew Martinez, Plant & Logistics Supervisor, brings over 12 years of experience with earthmoving equipment and is responsible for fleet scheduling, maintenance planning, and fuel control.
• Sam Patel, Business Development & Tendering Lead, has 7 years of experience in infrastructure tendering and client relationship management, with practical knowledge of PRAZ processes and donor-funded procurement.
• Jamie Okafor, QHSE Officer, has 6 years of experience in construction safety and quality management and training in ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 implementation.

This team gives us a balanced operating structure. Technical delivery, financial control, plant uptime, tender compliance, and safety management are each owned by a capable role, reducing single-point failure and strengthening client confidence.

Our operating footprint and market logic

We are headquartered in Harare because it gives us direct access to major procurement offices, supplier networks, and transport corridors into the surrounding provinces. From that base, we can mobilize efficiently into high-opportunity zones such as Norton, Chitungwiza, Chegutu, Kadoma, Kwekwe, and adjacent districts where industrial, agricultural, and municipal road needs remain active.

Our target market consists of organizations with annual infrastructure budgets ranging from USD 300,000 to over USD 5,000,000. Within our core catchment, we estimate 60–80 organizations regularly procuring road-related works, creating a market large enough to support a mid-tier contractor that focuses on execution quality and repeatability.

Strategic positioning

We compete against larger names such as Bitumen World and Fossil Contracting, but our value proposition is different. We are built for responsive deployment, transparent pricing, and smaller-to-mid-sized works that still require engineering discipline.

Our differentiation is straightforward:

• Faster mobilization on short-duration projects
• Clear BoQ-based pricing that clients can audit
• Strong after-service, inspections, and defects management
• Ability to handle remote or distributed sites with a lean team
• Direct ownership and management accountability on every project

:::tip Our positioning in one line
We are the road contractor that public and private clients call when they need reliable delivery on gravel roads, surfaced access roads, and maintenance works without the delay and overhead of a large highway-focused firm.
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Founding intent and growth direction

Matamba Roads & Civil Contractors was founded to become a mid-tier road contractor with enough capacity to serve councils, mines, farmers, and developers consistently, while remaining lean enough to protect margins and responsiveness. Our focus is practical: win repeatable work, deliver it well, and build a track record that supports larger contracts over time.

Our long-term direction is to grow from a Harare-based contractor into a nationally respected road works partner with systems, fleet discipline, and client relationships that support expansion into additional operating bases as demand grows. The business is anchored in a clear commercial reality: Zimbabwe needs dependable road access, and we are structured to provide it with professionalism, speed, and measurable quality.

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The remaining 9 sections of this document cover:

• Products and Services
• Market Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• SWOT Analysis
• Marketing and Sales Strategy
• Management and Organization
• Operating Plan
• Financial Plan and Projections
• Funding Request

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