Discover capable suppliers, post a requirement, compare quotations, and move from introduction to a documented business decision—all through one trusted network.
Designed for real economic activityProcurement • professional services • diaspora projects • local sourcing
Important: This local preview uses fictional businesses and sample activity. It does not represent completed verification, official certification, or live transactions.
Business Exchange workspace
See how the commercial layer could work.
Move between supplier discovery, procurement requests, the operating workflow, and a phased product roadmap.
6 example suppliers
Sorted by capability match
What each trust status means
✓Identity reviewedAccount owner identity evidence checked by ZGTN.
✓Business registration reviewedRegistration record and business-domain details checked.
✓References reviewedNamed project or customer references contacted or documented.
!ZGTN verified supplierA separate status awarded only after the complete documented process.
◆Official certificationShown only when confirmed by the responsible external authority.
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Buyer requirements
Structured requests. Relevant responses.
Buyers define scope, location, timing, evidence, and budget before suppliers respond.
Example transaction workspace
Property inspection and renovation scope
One controlled space for the requirement, quotes, messages, reviewed documents, and the final decision record.
Comparing quotations
1Requirement
2Matched
3Quotes
4Selection
5Contract
6Partner payment
7Delivery
8Review
Messages
Clarifications and decisions
3 participants
CM
Buyer
Please include roof-condition photographs and separate urgent work from longer-term upgrades.
Today • 9:14 AM
NE
Nyaminyami Engineering
Confirmed. Our revised scope includes both priorities and a ten-business-day delivery schedule.
Invite matches, compare quotes, exchange documents, record a selection, and rate the completed work.
Supplier
Maintain credentials and respond
Update the Business Passport, submit quotations, answer clarifications, and provide delivery evidence.
ZGTN admin
Review evidence and moderate
Review documents, record verification steps, resolve reports, and maintain a complete audit trail.
Production boundary: ZGTN would manage discovery, records, messaging, and transaction status. Licensed partners would manage payments, financing, insurance, or escrow-like services where permitted.
01
Build a Business Passport
Capture services, capacity, coverage, credentials, and references in a comparable format.
02
Post a defined requirement
Buyers specify deliverables, location, timing, budget guidance, and the evidence they need.
03
Match capable suppliers
Use transparent, AI-assisted ranking based on sector, geography, capacity, reviewed credentials, and response history.
04
Compare and decide
Review quotes, delivery dates, scope assumptions, and trust signals side by side.
05
Document the outcome
Create a clear record of the decision, contract, delivery evidence, and final rating.
90-day pilot
Prove trusted matching
Business Passport profiles
Admin document review
RFQ posting and supplier matching
Quote submission and messaging
Email and WhatsApp notifications
Next
Support the transaction
Quote comparison
Contracts and purchase orders
Invoices and proof of delivery
Ratings and references
Payment links through licensed partners
Scale
Turn activity into intelligence
Sector and provincial demand
Supplier response performance
Local-content and capacity insights
Opportunity Atlas integration
Authorized data and enterprise dashboards
100 reviewed businesses20–25 active buyers2–3 anchor institutions1 clear pilot market
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Trust before labels; partners before regulated services.
ZGTN would distinguish identity review, registration review, reference review, and platform verification. Payments, insurance, financing, escrow-like services, and official certification would require appropriately licensed or authorized partners.
Weekly SME usefulness
Business operations tools
Keep the Exchange valuable between procurement opportunities.
Estimates & quotations
Invoices & receipts
Customer records
Inventory & expenses
Renewal reminders
Contract templates
Purchase orders
Sales reporting
WhatsApp & email alerts
One shared platform, phased deliberately
Build an ecosystem, not disconnected products.
Shared foundation
ZGTN Identity & Skills Passport
One account, professional identity, qualifications, capabilities, messaging, and permissions.
Build first
Business Exchange
Business Passports, RFQs, compliance, quotations, transaction records, and partner services.
Build next
Opportunity Atlas
Verified provincial, diaspora, investment, partnership, and development opportunities.
Data layer
ZGTN Intelligence
Authorized market data, sector dashboards, opportunity signals, and decision support.
AgriChain, EnergyConnect, ZimBiz OnePass, and local-authority modules should reuse this foundation after the shared exchange workflow is proven.
A more useful measure of growth
Measure completed economic connections, not registrations alone.
Qualified responsesSupplier response timeMatch-to-contract rateValue facilitatedRepeat buyer rateJobs and subcontracting created
Extended vision
Talent → business → transactions → intelligence.
The Business Exchange becomes the commercial layer around ZGTN while keeping professional identity, community, jobs, and partnerships connected.
ZGTNZimbabwe Global Talent Network