INTRODUCE
Bring CHIKARA to life
Introduce people to CHIKARA, teach them how our products work, and conduct live demonstrations.
RECRUITMENT · ZIMBABWE FIRST
20 POSITIONS PER CITY.
Five specialist pathways. One CHIKARA mission. Now hiring in Zimbabwe — Botswana and the wider SADC region to follow.
Zimbabwe — FirstBotswana — NextSADC — FollowingField-based
20
Positions per city
05
Specialist pathways
04
Per pathway, per city
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CHIKARA mission
Initial recruitment · Zimbabwe — Botswana & SADC to follow
The programme
More than a sales role.
CHIKARA is building practical intelligence products for people, businesses, farmers and communities across Zimbabwe and the wider SADC region. We are recruiting confident, curious and capable people into our growing Product & Growth Ambassador Network. We are employing in Zimbabwe first.
ONBOARD
Help users get started
Guide customers through first-time setup, develop relationships, generate sales, follow up with prospects.
REPORT
Field intelligence
You become a source of field intelligence — reporting needs, questions, objections, market opportunities.
You do not need a university degree to apply. We are looking for people who can learn, communicate, teach, demonstrate and build relationships.
The five pathways
Choose where you contribute
Each pathway has 4 positions per city. You may apply for one primary pathway and indicate a secondary pathway where you have relevant skills.
01 · COMMERCE & FINANCE
CHIKARA Commerce & Finance Ambassador
Designed for people who understand business, commerce, money, retail or entrepreneurship — and enjoy helping businesses become more organised. You will introduce CHIKARA's business products to small businesses, shops, retailers, informal traders, entrepreneurs, service providers, SMEs, bookkeepers and business owners.
Your role
- Demonstrate CHIKARA Ledger, Storefront and Receipts.
- Explain business-recording and financial-management workflows.
- Help businesses understand digital records and visibility.
- Demo receipts, transactions and storefront capabilities.
- Help customers configure and begin using products.
- Identify businesses for additional CHIKARA products.
- Follow up with prospects and customers.
- Generate sales, referrals and repeat business.
- Report customer feedback and requested features.
Useful background
- Accounting or bookkeeping
- Commerce or business
- Entrepreneurship
- Retail
- Banking or financial services
- Small-business operations
Formal university qualifications are not mandatory. Someone who has successfully run or worked in a small business may be an excellent candidate.
02 · HEALTH & SCIENCE
CHIKARA Health & Science Ambassador
Designed for people comfortable with science, health education and communicating important information carefully and responsibly. You may engage expectant mothers, families, community organisations, health-focused organisations, students, schools, community groups and potential institutional partners.
Your role
- Demonstrate CHIKARA Health Companion and relevant health products.
- Explain product features and intended uses clearly.
- Help users navigate the application.
- Assist with product onboarding.
- Conduct product education and demonstrations.
- Collect user feedback and questions.
- Identify recurring user needs and concerns.
- Report product, usability or safety concerns promptly.
- Encourage appropriate engagement with qualified healthcare professionals.
- Help CHIKARA understand how health tech can serve real users.
Useful background
- Health sciences, nursing or midwifery
- Biology or life sciences
- Pharmacy
- Community health
- Nutrition
- Science education
- Health communication
Important: Health Ambassadors are not employed as doctors, nurses, midwives or medical practitioners unless separately qualified and appointed as such. Ambassadors must never present general product information as a medical diagnosis, prescription or professional medical opinion.
03 · COMMUNITY & HUMANITIES
CHIKARA Community & Humanities Ambassador
This role is for people who understand people. You will introduce CHIKARA to communities, schools, students, teachers, organisations and other groups that may benefit from practical digital tools and accessible intelligence.
Your role
- Conduct community and educational demonstrations.
- Introduce CHIKARA products to schools and organisations.
- Explain technology in clear, everyday language.
- Help first-time users understand digital products.
- Run small-group product education sessions.
- Develop relationships with community organisations.
- Identify potential institutional customers.
- Build local referral networks.
- Follow up with people who express interest.
- Record community feedback and product requests.
- Identify language and cultural barriers to adoption.
Useful background
- English, Literature or Languages
- Journalism, Media or Communication
- Education
- Sociology or Psychology
- History
- Community development
- Social sciences
You do not need a university degree. Someone exceptionally articulate, socially confident and able to teach others may be exactly the person we are looking for.
04 · TECHNOLOGY & MOBILITY
CHIKARA Technology & Mobility Ambassador
Designed for people naturally interested in technology, vehicles and practical systems. You may engage vehicle owners, drivers, mechanics, car dealers, fleet operators, transport businesses, technology users and automotive communities.
Your role
- Demonstrate CHIKARA Auto Advisor.
- Explain automotive information and product functionality clearly.
- Help customers use the application.
- Conduct demonstrations using real customer scenarios.
- Engage mechanics, dealers and automotive businesses.
- Identify commercial and partnership opportunities.
- Gather feedback from vehicle owners and professionals.
- Identify new automotive information needs.
- Introduce customers to other relevant CHIKARA products.
- Build relationships that generate future sales and referrals.
Useful background
- Automotive or mechanical work
- Engineering
- ICT or computer studies
- Technical / vocational training
- Vehicle sales
- Fleet management
- Mechanics
Formal university qualifications are not mandatory. A technically capable mechanic, vehicle enthusiast or experienced automotive salesperson may be an excellent candidate.
05 · AGRICULTURE & FARM INTELLIGENCE
CHIKARA Agriculture & Farm Intelligence Ambassador
Our specialist agricultural field role. CHIKARA Precision Agriculture is built on the principle Observe → Analyse → Act — helping farmers structure observations, understand farm records and make better-informed decisions while respecting the authority of farmers, agronomists, extension officers and laboratory testing. AgriHaul extends that intelligence into operations: trips, tractors, farmers, fields, drivers, fuel, expenses, receipts and estimated trip economics.
Your role
- Introduce farmers and operators to CHIKARA Precision Agriculture.
- Demonstrate practical agricultural decision-support workflows.
- Help farmers organise soil, crop, season, input and field data.
- Demonstrate agricultural record-keeping.
- Introduce AgriHaul to tractor owners and haulage operators.
- Demo trip, tractor, farmer, driver, fuel and expense recording.
- Show operators how to create clearer records and receipts.
- Help users configure their operations.
- Conduct field demonstrations where appropriate.
- Develop relationships with farmers, contractors and agricultural organisations.
- Collect field feedback and agricultural user requirements.
- Report product limitations and improvement opportunities.
Useful background
- Agriculture or agronomy
- Agricultural science or economics
- Farming or farm management
- Agricultural engineering
- Tractor operation
- Haulage
- Rural business or cooperatives
- Agricultural extension
Important: CHIKARA Precision Agriculture is a decision-support system. It does not replace professional agronomic advice, laboratory soil testing or agricultural extension services. Ambassadors must not present software outputs as guaranteed yields, prescriptions or professional agronomic instructions.
What we look for
Qualities that matter
Across all five roles, these qualities matter more than any single line on a CV.
Confidence
Approach people professionally and start a conversation without fear.
Eloquence
Explain an idea clearly and communicate with different types of people.
Teaching ability
Take something unfamiliar and make it understandable to someone else.
Curiosity
Enjoy learning new products, technology and ideas.
Digital literacy
Comfortable with smartphones, apps, websites and digital tools.
People skills
Listen to people and understand needs — not simply sell to them.
Commercial awareness
Understand that education must lead to adoption, revenue and growth.
Persistence
Some customers need education, follow-up and time.
Initiative
Identify opportunities and act without needing to be told.
Integrity
No false promises, no invented capabilities, no misleading to earn commission.
Professionalism
When wearing the CHIKARA name, you represent the company.
Character
Competence matters. So does how you use it.
The Ambassador method
This is not just a sales job.
A CHIKARA Ambassador follows a clear eight-step operating loop — from first discovery to bringing customer intelligence back to CHIKARA.
01
Discover
Find people and organisations that may benefit.
02
Teach
Explain the product.
03
Demonstrate
Show how it works with their real situation.
04
Activate
Help them begin using it.
05
Follow up
Continue the relationship.
06
Convert
Turn qualified interest into revenue.
07
Retain
Help customers keep receiving value.
08
Learn
Bring intelligence back to CHIKARA.
Training provided
You don't need to arrive knowing everything.
Successful candidates receive structured CHIKARA Product & Growth Training. You will be expected to learn the products and demonstrate competence before independent field deployment.
FOUNDATION
CHIKARA orientation
Company mission, ecosystem and product landscape.
PRODUCT
Product knowledge
Deep understanding of the products in your pathway.
DEMO
Product demonstrations
How to demonstrate with confidence and clarity.
DISCOVERY
Customer discovery
Listening, questioning and understanding real needs.
SALES
Sales fundamentals
Ethical selling, objections, follow-up, CRM.
ACTIVATION
Onboarding & retention
Help users start well and keep getting value.
FIELD
Field reporting
Capture and report structured market intelligence.
CONDUCT
Professional conduct
Ethics, representation and responsibility.
TESTING
Product testing
Hands-on testing and real-world validation.
What we offer
What successful candidates receive
Basic salary
Performance-based commission
Approved field / communication support
Structured product training
Ongoing professional development
Performance incentives
Referral opportunities
Customer acquisition incentives
Potential retention & activation bonuses
Team performance incentives
Career progression opportunities
Cross-product referral commission
Career progression: Outstanding performers may progress into Senior Ambassador → Field Intelligence Lead → City/Regional Lead → Growth & Field Operations Management. Final salary, commission, allowances and incentive arrangements will be communicated to successful candidates before appointment and documented in the applicable employment and compensation agreements.
Who can apply
A university degree is not a prerequisite.
Your ability to learn, communicate, teach and build relationships matters more. We are currently recruiting in Zimbabwe; Botswana and the wider SADC region will follow.
01
School leavers
With strong communication skills and a hunger to learn.
02
College & university
Students or graduates across any discipline.
03
Experienced professionals
Salespeople, teachers, technicians, bookkeepers.
04
Entrepreneurs
People who have run or worked in a small business.
05
Practitioners
Farmers, mechanics, healthcare and science personnel.
06
Career changers
Community workers and digital enthusiasts.
Open positions
20 positions per city
Five specialist pathways × four positions each. Initial rollout: Zimbabwe. Botswana and SADC cities will be added as we expand. Use the filters below to narrow by pathway or city.
Recruitment process
How applications move
Because we expect significant interest, applicants go through a structured eight-stage selection process.
01
Application
Submit your CV and application.
02
Initial screening
Reviewed against your selected pathway.
03
Shortlisting
Selected candidates proceed to the next stage.
04
Practical assessment
Demonstrate how you would teach a CHIKARA product.
05
Interview
Structured conversation with the hiring team.
06
Selection & verification
References and required documentation reviewed.
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CHIKARA training
Product and field training begins.
08
Probation & deployment
Subject to performance, move into full field deployment.
Application requirements
What to submit
01
Updated CV
Your current CV or résumé.
02
Short cover letter
Tell us why you and why this pathway.
03
Identification document
National ID or passport.
04
Qualifications
Relevant certificates, where applicable.
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Two references
Where available.
06
Preferred pathway & city
Primary pathway, plus a secondary if relevant.
Prepare your documents
Cover letter template
Use this template as a starting point. Keep it short, honest and specific — especially the two paragraphs about your experience and why CHIKARA.
Want to prepare your documents in the official CHIKARA format?
Use CHIKARA Business Studio — our offline business workspace — to prepare your CV, cover letter and supporting documents. It works offline, keeps your data on your device, and gives you a clean, consistent layout for submission.
Cover letter template
[Your Full Name] [Your City] · [Your Phone] · [Your Email] [Date] CHIKARA Recruitment jobs@chikaraaihq.com Subject: APPLICATION — CHIKARA [AMBASSADOR PATHWAY] — [CITY] Dear CHIKARA Recruitment Team, I am applying for the [Ambassador Pathway] position in [City], advertised as part of the CHIKARA Product & Growth Ambassador Network. I am [brief description: e.g. a small-business owner / agriculture graduate / mechanic / teacher] based in [City]. Over the past [X years] I have [one or two sentences on relevant experience — what you did, where, and what you learned about people, business or the field you wish to serve]. I am drawn to CHIKARA because [one or two sentences — why sovereign intelligence infrastructure for Africa matters to you, and why this specific pathway]. In this role I would [one or two sentences — how you would introduce the products, teach users, and bring field intelligence back]. I have attached my CV, ID and relevant certificates. My preferred pathway is [Primary Pathway]; I have relevant skills in [Secondary Pathway] as a secondary option. I would be available to deploy in [City] from [date]. Thank you for your time and consideration. Yours sincerely, [Your Full Name]
Keep it to one page. Replace every [bracketed] section. Do not invent qualifications or experience. If you would like to prepare it in our official format, use Business Studio.
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Send your application
Submit through the form below, or by email using the required subject-line format. We process applications for recruitment only, as described in our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Option 1 — Email application
Send your CV, cover letter, ID and qualifications to:
Use this subject line:
APPLICATION — CHIKARA [AMBASSADOR PATHWAY] — [CITY]
Example: APPLICATION — AGRICULTURE & FARM INTELLIGENCE AMBASSADOR — MASVINGO
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