A Vuka Africa Business Empowerment initiative
Farm with us.
Grow with us.
Vuka Africa Business Empowerment builds commercial livestock enterprises with Zimbabwean farmers. We train the people who run them, then we put capital, stock and a market behind the land they already have.
Now operating in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, the Midlands and surrounding areas.
Empowering people.
Strengthening farms.
Building futures.
Sakha Siphinde · Sivikele Umnotho Wethu
The department
A new arm of Vuka Africa, built around the farmer
Business Empowerment is where Vuka Africa puts its balance sheet behind Zimbabwean enterprise. The first sector we are backing is livestock, because it is where a farmer with land and labour can move fastest into commercial production.
The work runs in two stages. First we train — a structured programme that turns young Zimbabweans into competent commercial livestock managers. Then we partner — placing stock, feed, veterinary support and a guaranteed offtake market onto farms across the provinces we operate in.
No farmer is asked to buy their way in. You bring land and labour. We bring everything else.
The partnership
Two halves of one farm
This is the whole agreement, in plain terms. Nothing behind it.
We provide
- Capital
- Livestock
- Feed
- Vet care
- Training
- Market access
You provide
- Your land
- Your labour
- Pastures
- Water
- Road access
- Site security
What we place on partner farms
Six enterprises
Choose what suits your land, your water and your labour. An officer will assess the site with you before anything is delivered.
-
Broilers
Fast-cycle meat birds with feed and day-old chicks supplied.
-
Layers
Egg production with a fixed offtake price from day one.
-
Cattle
Beef herds built up on your grazing, tracked and insured.
-
Goats
Hardy breeding stock suited to dry communal grazing.
-
Sheep
Mutton flocks managed on a shared production plan.
-
Pigs
Piggery units with feed schedules and abattoir links.
Applications now open
Commercial Livestock
Development Programme
Theory and practical training for ambitious young Zimbabweans ready to build a future in modern, commercial livestock production.
- Duration3 months
- Admission fee$150
- CertificationNationally recognised
You will be trained in
- 01 Broiler production — housing, brooding, feeding, disease control and marketing
- 02 Pig production — breeds, housing, breeding, nutrition and herd health
- 03 Sheep & goats — pasture management, breeding, deworming and market access
- 04 Beef cattle — grazing systems, herd management, calf rearing and disease prevention
Minimum requirements
- At least five Ordinary Level passes
- Aged between 20 and 30 years
- Genuine interest in a career in agriculture
Guaranteed placement
- Theory and practical training
- Nationally recognised certification on successful completion
- Graduates who complete the programme and meet the required competency standard are absorbed into Vuka Africa's farming operations.
How to apply
Apply online
Fill the form below and attach your CV. It takes two minutes.
Or email your CV
recruit@vukaafrica.co.zw
Or drop it off
Suite 907, 9th Floor, NRZ Building
Fife Street, between 9th & 10th Avenue, Bulawayo
Recruitment line
+263 77 107 2309 · +263 78 123 1704
Current campaigns
Share these
Both programmes are live. Save a poster and send it to someone who should see it.
Where we work
On the ground across the south
Field officers visit partner farms on a set schedule. If your land falls outside these areas, apply anyway — we are expanding as fast as we can staff it.
- Bulawayo
- Matabeleland North
- Matabeleland South
- Midlands
- & surrounding areas
Apply online
One form. Two minutes.
Apply for the training programme, or register your land for a partnership. You get a confirmation email with a reference number straight away, and a call from an officer within two working days.