Dmitri Mihhailov
Managing Partner
Leads Prifinance and personally oversees complex multi-jurisdiction structures. Your Zimbabwean setup gets partner-level review before anything is filed.
Register a company in Zimbabwe, the resource vault on hard mode.
Set up a Zimbabwean company - Africa's top lithium producer, platinum reserves second only to South Africa, serious gold and tobacco, a literate English-speaking workforce, and a de-facto US-dollar economy. The other half, before the pitch: the local currency has failed repeatedly, exchange controls are real, every electronic transfer pays a 2% tax, and banks apply extra compliance because of the country's history. This page is for people who want the truth before the opportunity.Africa's top lithium producer, the world's second platinum reserves, gold, tobacco and a literate anglophone workforce - running on US dollars. In the same breath: failed currencies, exchange controls, a 2% tax on every transfer and banks that de-risk first. For people who want the truth before the opportunity.
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Zimbabwe · at a glance
Legal formPvt Ltd via DCIP
Time to set up2-4 weeks
Corporate tax24.72% effective
CurrencyUSD-dominant · multi-currency
Exchange controlsYes - planned around
Remote setupYes - by POA
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Zimbabwe in brief
The resource vault, with the lock described.
The endowment is not in question. Zimbabwe holds the world's second-largest platinum-group reserves, became Africa's largest lithium producer after Chinese majors bought and built the Bikita and Arcadia mines, exports serious gold and the continent's best tobacco, and staffs it all with one of Africa's most literate, English-speaking workforces. The 51% indigenisation law is repealed, ZIDA runs a genuine one-stop shop for investors, the Victoria Falls Exchange lists in US dollars with sweetened terms, and daily commerce runs on the dollar - officially sanctioned in the multi-currency regime through 2030.
Now the hard mode. The Zimbabwe dollar collapsed, its successor the ZiG devalued within months of launch, and exporters must surrender a quarter of proceeds at the official rate - a real cost, not a formality. Every electronic transfer pays the 2% IMTT. Moving dividends out works, but through documented bank queues, not on demand. US sanctions narrowed in 2024 to a short list of individuals, yet foreign banks still de-risk first and ask questions later. Add twelve billion dollars of arrears blocking cheap finance and a land-reform history that still shadows property rights - and the rule is simple: Zimbabwe rewards the structured, not the spontaneous.
The endowment is real: lithium majors built out Bikita and Arcadia, PGMs second only to South Africa, serious gold, Africa's best tobacco. Indigenisation is repealed, ZIDA licensing works, VFEX lists in USD, and the dollar rules daily commerce by law through 2030.
Hard mode is also real: the ZiG devalued within months, exporters surrender a quarter of proceeds at the official rate, every transfer pays 2% IMTT, dividends queue through documented bank channels, and twelve billion in arrears keeps cheap finance away. Zimbabwe rewards the structured, not the spontaneous.
Packages & pricing
Two ways to start.
01 - PVT LTD · ZIMBABWE
Company
from$2,900USD · all-in
Registration of a Zimbabwean Pvt Ltd - DCIP incorporation, tax registrations and the first year of the registered address included.
✓Entry strategy - mining services, agri, trade - first✓DCIP name clearance & incorporation✓ZIMRA registration + resident public officer solution✓Registered address in Harare - first year✓FX-controls and IMTT planning from day one✓Free pre-incorporation consultation
Optional add-ons: ZIDA investment licence - from $1,500 · mining-title work - scoped per case · work permits - from $1,200 · accounting - from $250/month · renewal - from $1,500/year.Add-ons: ZIDA from $1,500 · mining-title work per case · permits from $1,200 · accounting from $250/month · renewal from $1,500/year.
Start with a consultation →02 - PVT LTD + BANK · ZIMBABWE
Most popularCompany + Bank Account
from$4,900USD · all-in
Everything in the first package plus a corporate USD account with a Zimbabwean bank - prepared, filed and defended by us.
✓Everything in the Company package✓Bank file: business plan, source of funds, sanctions screening✓Account with CBZ, FBC, NMB or Stanbic✓USD nostro + local account structure explained✓NSSA & payroll registrations✓Profit-repatriation walkthrough - documents, queues, timing
Optional add-ons: ZIDA licence - from $1,500 · work permits - from $1,200 · accounting - from $250/month · renewal - from $1,500/year.
Start with a consultation →Starting prices, confirmed before engagement. DCIP and licence fees are itemised.Prices open here, fixed before filing. DCIP, ZIMRA and ZIDA fees itemised in your quote.
What you can do
What our clients open in Zimbabwe.
The mines buy services, the farms export, and the grid's gaps built a market of their own.The mines buy services, the farms export, the grid's gaps built a market.
Mining services & supplylicensed
Lithium, PGMs, gold, chrome. The majors contract out drilling, logistics and camps.
Tobacco & agri-exportlicensed
Africa's best leaf, contract farming and the China trade.
Energy & solarlicensed
Load-shedding is chronic. C&I solar and captive power sell themselves.
Trade & distributionstandard
A USD retail economy short of everything imported.
Manufacturing revivalstandard
Import substitution behind tariff walls. With ZIDA incentives.
Tourism & hospitalitystandard
Victoria Falls, Hwange, the Zambezi. The hard-currency earner.
Mining serviceslicensed
Lithium, PGMs, gold.
Tobacco & agrilicensed
The China trade.
Energy & solarlicensed
Chronic shortage, ready market.
Trade & distributionstandard
A USD retail economy.
Manufacturingstandard
Import substitution.
Tourismstandard
The Falls, in hard currency.
Why Zimbabwe
Why Zimbabwe - for the prepared.
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The endowment
Africa's top lithium, second-largest PGM reserves on earth, gold and tobacco.Lithium, PGMs, gold.
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A dollar economy
USD circulates legally and dominates. Sanctioned in law through 2030.USD by law to 2030.
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The workforce
Literate, English-speaking, affordable. The region's quiet advantage.Literate, anglophone.
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Open for business, on paper and mostly in fact
Indigenisation repealed; ZIDA one-stop licensing works.Indigenisation repealed.
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VFEX
USD-denominated listings with lighter dividend tax and easier repatriation.USD listings, 5% dividends.
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Position in the region
SADC and COMESA membership, borders with the copper belt and South Africa.SADC + COMESA.
How it compares
Zimbabwe vs the neighbours.
Southern Africa compared, as of 2026:Zambia: open FX, copper. South Africa: the deep market. Botswana: the safe base. Mozambique: gas, harder politics. Zimbabwe: the biggest vault, the hardest lock. As of 2026.
| Country | Corporate tax | Signature story | Signature edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 24.72% | Lithium, PGMs, gold - hard mode | The resource vault |
| Zambia | 30% | Copper wave, open FX | The copper heartland |
| South Africa | 27% | The deep industrial market | The regional anchor |
| Botswana | 22% | Governance benchmark | The safe base |
| Mozambique | 32% | Gas coast, harder politics | The gas frontier |
ZimbabweVault
Corporate tax24.72%
StoryHard mode
ZambiaCopper
Corporate tax30%
StoryOpen FX
South AfricaAnchor
Corporate tax27%
StoryDeep market
BotswanaSafe
Corporate tax22%
StoryGovernance
MozambiqueGas
Corporate tax32%
StoryThe gas coast
Requirements
What a Zimbabwean Pvt Ltd requires.
01
One shareholder - Individual or company, any nationality. 100% foreign ownership is standard since indigenisation was repealed.
02
One director - No statutory residency requirement for directors. Rare in the region and genuinely useful.
03
Resident public officer - ZIMRA requires a Zimbabwe-resident public officer for tax - included in our packages.
04
Registered office - A Harare address for DCIP and ZIMRA mail - included.
05
No minimum capital - Nominal share capital is fine; banks and ZIDA care about the business plan.
06
Annual returns - DCIP annual return and financial statements. We calendar both.
How it works
How registration works.
Six steps, most of them ours. The registry is quicker than the reputation suggests - it is the bank and the FX planning that deserve the time.Six steps, most of them ours. The registry is quick - the bank and the FX plan deserve the time.
01Same day
Free consultation
Sector, FX exposure and incentive map - settled first.
021-2 days
Structure & public officer
Ownership, the resident officer and treasury design.
032-3 days
Documents & KYC
Passports, proofs, forms. One clean pass.
043-7 days
DCIP filing
Name clearance and incorporation via the online registry.
051-2 weeks
ZIMRA, NSSA, ZIDA
Tax numbers, employer files, investment licence if incentives.
062-4 weeks
Bank account
USD account file prepared and defended. CBZ, FBC, NMB, Stanbic.
Quick facts
Legal formPvt Ltd
Corporate tax24.72% effective
VAT15%
Dividends15% · VFEX 5%
IMTT on transfers2%
Standard timeline2-4 weeks
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,500/year
Zimbabwe's decisive gate is treasury, not the registry: who invoices in what currency, where the USD sits, how the surrender rule and the IMTT are absorbed - designed at incorporation, these are line items; discovered later, they are the margin.
On the ground
On the ground in Zimbabwe.
Prifinance - Zimbabwe
Harare
Harare, Zimbabwe
01
Southern Africa specialists
Your setup runs with Harare counsel who file DCIP and ZIMRA work weekly.
02
FX-controls-aware treasury
Surrender rules, IMTT and repatriation queues planned before the first invoice.
03
Mining & ZIDA positioning
Supplier files and incentive applications built with the incorporation.
04
Also in Tallinn, London, Dubai & more
A network of offices supporting cross-border structures.
We also have offices in
Tallinn
Estonia
Roseni 13
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
5/F, Yau Lee Centre, 45 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong
Vilnius
Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 2
London
United Kingdom
7 Bell Yard
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
Berlin
Germany
Rankestraße 26
Madeira
Portugal
Rua da Alegria 31, 1F
Budapest
Hungary
Korányi Sándor u. 4
Istanbul
Türkiye
Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok
Dubai
UAE
33 Level, Al Saqr Business Tower
Toronto
Canada
1110 Finch Avenue West, suite 406
Singapore
Singapore
3 Church Street, #29-68 Samsung Hub
Bangkok
Thailand
Unit P01, Penthouse, VASU1, 1 Sukhumvit 25 Alley
Foshan
China
A-Tower, Yuneng Digital Plaza, 46 Lishui Avenue South
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Republic Square 13
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
32 Razzakov Street
Taxation
Zimbabwean taxes, in full.
The headline rate is ordinary and slightly below the region. The real tax story is transactional - the 2% on every transfer, the surrender rule on exports, the queue for dividends. All manageable; none ignorable.An ordinary headline rate; a transactional tax story - 2% on every transfer, surrender on exports, queues on dividends.
Corporate - 24.72%
24% plus the AIDS levy. Effectively below Zambia and South Africa.Below the region.
IMTT - 2%
On every electronic transfer, local or USD. The tax you feel daily.Every transfer.
VAT - 15%
Standard rate; fiscalised invoicing enforced.Fiscalised invoicing.
Dividends - 15%
10% for listed shares, 5% on VFEX - before treaties.VFEX 5%.
The levies that matter
Corporate income tax24.72% effective
VAT15%
Dividends15% · listed 10% · VFEX 5%
Fees & royalties to non-residents15%
IMTT on transfers2%
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,500/year
Owners remain responsible for tax where they live. Export surrender - a portion of proceeds converted at the official rate - is not a tax in name, but budget it like one.
Your team
The specialists who'll handle your case.
Eugeniu Bevziuc
International Business Consultant
Walks you from first call to working company - structure, documents, timelines - in plain language, in five languages.
Alex Danila
Corporate Services Specialist
Handles DCIP filings, ZIMRA registrations and the bank file day to day, so your Zimbabwean company launches without delays.
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Talk to a specialist →FAQ
Zimbabwe, both halves.
Can I open a Zimbabwean company without visiting?+
Yes - DCIP incorporation and ZIMRA registration run by power of attorney. Banks want to meet a director for the USD account, and mining counterparties respect presence, so plan one visit between filing and first contract. We sequence everything so the trip is short.
What currency will I actually use?+
US dollars, mostly - the multi-currency regime is law through 2030 and the dollar dominates real commerce. The ZiG exists and devalued sharply within months of launch; treat it as small change and payroll fractions, not as treasury. We structure invoicing and accounts accordingly.
Can I get profits out?+
Yes, with documents and patience: dividends are remittable through the banks against audited accounts and tax clearance, and the queue moves faster for clean files. VFEX-listed structures enjoy easier repatriation by design. What we do not promise is speed on demand - nobody honest can.
What about the export surrender rule?+
Exporters must convert a portion of proceeds - long around 25% - at the official rate, which costs real margin when the parallel rate diverges. It is the single biggest line item foreign investors underestimate. We model it into your pricing before you commit.
Are sanctions still a problem?+
The broad US program ended in 2024, replaced by targeted designations on a short list of individuals and entities. Legally, ordinary business is unrestricted; practically, foreign banks still de-risk. We screen counterparties and build the compliance file that keeps correspondent banks comfortable.
Does the 51% indigenisation rule still apply?+
No - it was repealed, and foreign investors routinely own 100%. The history still colours perception, which is exactly why the ZIDA licence and a clean file matter: they are your proof of the current rules.
Can foreigners enter lithium and mining?+
Yes - mining titles run through the Mines Ministry separately from the company, and raw lithium ore exports are banned, which is the point: the state wants processing onshore. Most clients enter as service and supply companies to the majors - faster, lighter, and paid in USD.
How safe are property rights?+
Better than the 2000s, not yet ordinary. The farm seizures ended, compensation is agreed but slow, and urban commercial property trades normally. Agricultural land is mostly 99-year state leases. We run title due diligence as standard, not as an option.
What is the banking reality?+
USD accounts are standard and functional; correspondent networks are thin, so international wires route carefully. Expect two to four weeks with a defended file - CBZ and FBC are local anchors, Stanbic serves international groups. Source-of-funds evidence decides the timeline.
What does it cost and how long does it take?+
From $2,900 for the company, from $4,900 with a bank account. The registry files within days; tax numbers, the public officer and the bank stretch the realistic timeline to two to four weeks. Renewal from $1,500/year.
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