Harare, 10 June 2026 – In a move set to reshape Zimbabwe’s capital markets landscape, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with award-winning INVESCI Asset Management, naming the firm a Strategic Institutional Partner for the newly approved Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange (ZEEX).
The joint announcement underscores mounting institutional momentum behind ZEEX, the ZSE’s digital capital-market platform designed to unlock funding for small and medium enterprises across Zimbabwe’s fast-evolving economy. The platform recently secured regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe and is now entering its final compliance phase ahead of a formal launch.
Under the MOU, ZSE and INVESCI will collaborate across five critical pillars: evaluating investment opportunities presented through ZEEX, providing institutional feedback on platform design and listing standards, participating in market development via advisory committees and stakeholder forums, joint advocacy for SME-friendly regulatory frameworks, and ongoing information sharing on market trends and investment pipelines.
The partnership positions INVESCI, voted Best Asset Manager at the 2025 Capital Markets Awards, at the center of ZEEX’s bid to become a credible, transparent, and efficient marketplace for emerging businesses. INVESCI brings deep expertise in portfolio management across equities, fixed-income, money market instruments, and alternatives, with a mandate to deliver sustainable long-term growth while protecting capital.
Mr. Justin Bgoni, Group CEO of ZSE Holdings Limited, described the agreement as a “clear demonstration that institutional investors recognise the transformative potential of ZEEX.” “By bringing structured capital and institutional rigour into the SME space, we are laying the foundation for a robust and inclusive capital market that serves the full spectrum of Zimbabwe’s entrepreneurial economy,” Bgoni said.
“We look forward to deepening this collaboration as we move toward the formal launch of ZEEX.”Mr. Thomas Chataika, Managing Director of INVESCI, said the firm was “excited with this opportunity to play a role in the deepening of our capital markets and economy.”
“A tailor-made platform such as ZEEX will lead to more efficient discovery of investment opportunities and allocation of capital. This will be a true win-win for both suppliers of capital and entrepreneurs with a guaranteed ‘open cards’ treatment for both sides,” Chataika noted. He added that the ZSE’s history since 1894 provides “the fundamental building block for the trust necessary for investors to open their wallets and for entrepreneurs to share their opportunities.”
The ZEEX is designed as a single integrated venue for primary-market fundraising, asset tokenisation, and secondary-market trading. By bringing SMEs, invoice-discounting instruments, and tokens into a regulated ecosystem, ZEEX aims to accelerate economic formalisation, deepen financial inclusion, and lower the cost of capital for local companies.
For investors, the platform promises broader access to vetted, growth-stage businesses. For entrepreneurs, it offers a compliant channel to raise capital without navigating fragmented or informal funding routes.
The ZSE confirmed it is completing requisite compliance frameworks for ZEEX’s operationalisation and will update the market on a formal launch date in due course.
INVESCI Asset Management is a Zimbabwe-based investment firm offering asset management, wealth management, and investment advisory services to institutional and private investors.
The Strategic MOU signals rising institutional confidence in the new entrepreneurship exchange as Zimbabwe targets broader financial inclusion
