A sister based in UK would like to open a crèche in Harare in one of the medium density suburbs.The crèche will be run by her mum and her brother. She would therefore like to find out about the current creche fees in Harare and  general information about profitability of this sector.

Responses

WeNyasha Tee look for a 3-5 bedroom house with a big outdoor space furnish it well up to outdoor play equipment.
look for qualified ECD teachers 2 or 3.
provide transport a taxi or kombi depending with number of kids and charge $5-$20 depending with radius/ distance.
fees kids around Hatfield, Waterfalls pay $60-$120 a month
grocery a month $15 per child or you charge your fees inclusive of grocery

Yemurai Nhongo-Thepe The house needs to be for commercial purposes and you need to get permission and licenses from ministry and city of Harare

Lloyd Chidamahiya Prices vary from 30 bugs in the ghetto, 120 to 200 medium density, up to over a thousand dollars in low densities ,monthly. Obviously that also depends on what u offering. Who is ur target market. Hw gd is ur marketing skills etc

Mai Anashe Tagwirei I have picked up a couple of points, am about to start a creche business. Thanks guys

Mel Sibbs like the page Kindercare-Zimbabwe Nurseries and Preschools

Sithole Rubie Be fair in terms of pricing .. it’s ludicrous and exorbitant these crèche in Harare charge 30_40$ for extra activities like swimming, gymnasium, worse when it comes to travels ..
Creche owners need to understand that yes I want my child to get the best education and experience but the prices need to be fair and rational .. considering the economic situation

Tapiwa Mubonderi Creches are becoming defunct due to formal schools offering ECD. Quite a number of creches are going out of business. It would be advisable to look at setting up a school, you can partner with council and government to develop a school. The margins will be lower but the volumes will make it lucrative. There is a requirement to establish and build 2,500 schools at present. An injection of $400,000 upwards would be sufficient.

Memory Rumbidzai Chikowore Marongwe The schools can not absorb all children for ECD A and B. So creches are still in business The only thing that creates a sustainable project is offering your best above the rest go an extra mile. For more deatails you or your mum can visit me at my Pre School my number is 0774 249 693

Hope Lunga Murombwi I’m in agreement. I have a 3 yr old still in nursery school. I have no plans for taking her to school for ECD because of the personalised care I am getting at nursery school. Some schools are not yet equipped for these little ones e.g. installing toilets their size. Thats my personal preference

*PS Post first appeared on Zimbabwe Business Ideas and Network Facebook Page on September 11, 2016

So we have not covered opportunities in the Small Scale Mining Sector of Zimbabwe but we do promise to bring you more stories from this sector next week. A lot of opportunities exist for serious investors especially in the area of equipment for hire.

Two weeks ago a forum member, Cde Solar did a tour of the rich mining Province of Mashonaland West and below is his brief write up.

Had the best time of my life doing a tour of mining activities around Chegutu, Chakari and Kadoma. I discovered that a day was not even enough for such a tour. Met a number of players who were very inspirational. It is rather unfortunate that I did not get to see any of the Cdes on this platforms’ projects. However, I discovered a few models that Iam willing to share in the next circular. Some of which are too obvious to some of us….but some maybe new to a number of members here and should be able to push them on board.

Ps* Solar will represent the group in more tours and provide us with detailed forum reports about opportunities in this sector. We would like to know areas that need investment, current status of the sector and any opportunities for would be investors.