Individually, the CSR budgets of mid-sized companies can fund a borehole or a set of textbooks. Pooled, they can build classrooms.
A coalition of twelve Bulawayo businesses has done exactly that, funding classroom blocks at peri-urban schools where pupils had been learning in shifts.
“We realised we were all funding small things in the same neighbourhoods. Together we could fund something that lasts.”
— A coalition member
Great Dyke Energy provided solar systems so that the classrooms can be used for evening adult education.
The Leader Lens
Where this leads
Executive analysis for decision-makers and capital allocators.
- Opportunity
- Pooled CSR models can deliver larger projects with shared governance.
- Risk
- Maintenance and staffing after construction ends.
- What to watch
- Whether other cities adopt the coalition model.