The Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT)

ZADT is a local Trust which was established and registered in 2010 with the objective of

providing business development services and soft loans to smallholder farmers and/or

agriculture value chain actors working with and for the benefit of smallholder farmers

including women and youth in Zimbabwe.

CAUSEWAY Project

ZADT designed and has been implementing an agro-enterprise value chain financial

inclusion project entitled Creating Adaptive Unique Systems for financing Entrepreneurial

Women and Youth (CAUSEWAY). The objective of the project is to provide financial

literacy training and to facilitate increased access to appropriately structured finance to

women of age 36 to 65 years, out of school youth aged 18-35 years and in-school youth

in tertiary agricultural education institutions to design and run commercially viable and

credible businesses.

Phase 1 of this project has been running from June 2023 and will end in May 2026 with

support from the Embassy of Sweden and the British Embassy. ZADT would like to engage

a consultant to undertake an end-of-phase evaluation of this project. ZADT is therefore

requesting interested Consultants to submit technical proposals and budget to undertake

this evaluation. Interested applicants can access the detailed Terms of Reference on the

following ZADT website https://zadt.co.zw/notices/

The purpose of this evaluation is to:

• assess the project’s effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, impact, and sustainability

in improving access to finance for youth and women.

• analyze impact pathways to understand how project activities contributed to

improved business outcomes, household income, and food security.

• identify lessons learnt and provide actionable recommendations for future

financial inclusion and agribusiness support programming.

The Consultant (Individual or firm) will be expected to possess the following

qualifications:

▪ At least an MSc Degree preferably in Development Studies, Agricultural Economics

or Social Sciences.

▪ Strong analytical and research skills, knowledge of appropriate analytical packages

which can handle socio-economic data e.g. SPSS;

▪ Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with project stakeholders and deliver

high quality results within agreed timelines.

▪ Able to communicate in English, Shona and Ndebele;

▪ Demonstrated and proven previous experience in undertaking socio-economic

surveys/evaluation studies.

▪ Competence in data analysis techniques including the use of descriptive and

inferential statistics.

Deadline for submission of applications

Applications should be submitted to ZADT by 1600hrs (Zimbabwe time) on 16th February

2026 through email on the following address;

info@zadt.co.zw and copy kmaturure@zadt.co.zw

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