Byron Chikwanda

● Analyst covering Electrosales (Pvt) Ltd., a public company with an annual turnover of over US$ 120M and over 25,000 retail sqm spread across more than 23 branches in Zimbabwe. A market leader in electrical and hardware retail.
● Analyst covering Newpeak Manufacturing, operating under license from E. Snell & Co, which produces over 14 brands, including Jack Daniels, Russian Bear, and Two Keys, with an annual turnover exceeding US$ 16M.
● Analyst covering a startup called Ele Collection, which aims to generate 1,200 plastic credits annually. I developed financial models to raise Series A and B funding, totalling US$ 2M, to support a project focused on saving elephants in the KAZA region (15,000 km²), including the iconic Victoria Falls and empowering women in low-income areas.
● Analyst covering companies in the cattle industry. CC Sales, the only formal cattle auction in Zimbabwe, handling over 20,000 cattle annually, and Nurture Finance, a microfinance institution that has issued over US$ 3M in loans to commercial cattle farmers with a combined herd over 30,000 on 100,000 Ha of farming land.
● Create financial models and analysis for companies like Ganthorpe Enterprises (fleet of 100+ forklifts), Total Loading Solutions (fleet of 40+ haulage trucks), Cardinal Properties (has US$ multi-million real estate developments) and MaryEllen Farm (run by Halsted’s cropping 600+ Ha split between seed and commercial maize, wheat and soya).
● Conduct analysis on RBZ reports (M3, Spending, Depository, etc.) to provide quarterly insights that help companies maintain a competitive edge in a dual-currency, hyper-inflation environment, and a gold-pegged currency.

● Developed the first Zimbabwean Cattle Bond worth US$24 million, which received Prescribed Asset Status from the Insurance and Pension Commission (Zimbabwe) due to its reduced risk profile and price discovery mechanism.
● Led a team of four analysts overlooking a portfolio with AUM of US$10 million across the Zimbabwe beef value chain.
● Served as the lead analyst for a joint EU/World Vision project funded by a €700,000 grant, responsible for monitoring and evaluating an initiative that educates 1,000 emerging commercial farmers in Zimbabwe to promote beef exports.