Philosophy and Approach

Plan Afric endorses the concept of sustainable developments and strives to achieve such a goal in all that it does.

Plan Afric believes that the community should be involved in all aspects of planning and development and to that end builds into its work appropriate mechanisms for participation by stakeholders and the public at large.

Plan Afric has a commitment to the notion that development should be environmentally friendly and meet people’s needs.

Plan Afric seeks to be creative in its approach to all tasks whilst recognizing the need to be pragmatic and achieve workable solutions.

Additional Expertise

Plan Afric is able to call upon the skills and expertise of allied professionals such as Engineers, Architects, Economists and Financial Analysts. In this respect the firm has collaborated with Brian Colquhoun, Hugh O’Donnell and Partners on several projects including Airport Planning. The firm has also worked with Engineering Firms such as Chifamba and partners, SDP Africa Consulting Engineers, Lamont Consulting Engineers and Ncube Burrow Private Limited.

Plan Afric also has an office in Bulawayo and is prepared to undertake work anywhere in Zimbabwe as is demonstrated by the range of work in this document.

Plan Afric maintains a register of local expertise and builds teams to undertake projects that call for larger resources than are available within the organisation.

Plan Afric also networks with several international consultancies to act in collaboration on projects within and outside Zimbabwe.

Mission Statement

We provide affordable solutions that support informed regional, urban and rural planning decisions together with environmental assessment and management and promote the concept of participative sustainable development in Africa.

Our Vision

To be Africa’s most dynamic regional, rural, urban and environmental planners delivering sustainability solution essential to a better, safer and healthier environment

Our Corporate Objectives

To be creative and perform all tasks to the satisfaction of our clients so that there are no repeats, at all times;
As part of staff re-skilling, to encourage every member of staff to voluntarily enrol for a relevant course every four years,
To diversify the organisation’s revenue base by 60% by 2015

Our Core Values

Offering first class service/ products We concentrate on surpassing our client’s expectations by offering high quality service within given time frames the first time
Being dependable We offer consistently high-quality service that can be depended upon at all times
Being reliable We strive to meet every deadline and to keep all our promises to our valued clients and stakeholders. Our high-quality service can be relied upon to provide solutions that improve our client’s service delivery and the sustainable use of the environment
Being responsible We believe our first responsibility is to the environment, the private sector, public sector and others who utilise our services
Take responsibility for our mistakes We acknowledge our mistakes and go the distance to correct them
On the look-out for taking calculated risks In the country’s current economic climate, we have taken calculated risks that have paid off and put us in pole position, in our profession
The challenging environment We believe that the current challenging environment brings out the best in us and “forces” us to be creative
Reason for our success We attribute our success to clear understanding of our mission and goals by staff at all levels
Passion for winning We are determined to be the best in what we do.