History
Touchstone (Pvt) Ltd was registered on 1st November 1989, and moved into the newly built No. 1 Raleigh Street, in the fast-developing Kopje area of Harare. Its neighbours, the tall white Fidelity Life Tower, and the ship-like Net One building were built several years later.
The Managing Director and owner is Zimbabwean-born, Simon Pitt. From 1984, prior to establishing Touchstone, he was a director in Micropac, which produced a simple payroll system that had versions which operated on Apple and IBM-compatible computers such as NCR DMV!
From an initial 6 staff and 50 Payplus users Touchstone now has 17 staff and agents, and over 750 databases in stalled with clients in the Southern African region. Touchstone welcomes enquiries form potential agents in Southern Africa, and will provide training and backup for successful consultants.
Touchstone staff training focuses on customer service, payroll knowledge and technical problem-solving, providing each member with skills which enables them to understand and advise our clients on a wide variety of needs and problems. Senior staff have an average of over 10 year's service with the company.
Touchstone has a business partnership agreement with Renegate, a software development company, that ensures that the payroll systems are maintained and upgraded to meet the requirements of changing technology, local payroll practices and statutory requirements.
Below is part of our client portfolio
| Large Organisations | ||
| starafricacorporation | CFI Group of companies | The PG Group of companies |
| Premier Medical Aid Services | United Refineries Limited | TSL Group of Companies |
| Sakunda | Zimpapers Group | Redan |
| Omnia Fertiliser | ZESA | |
| Financial Organizations | ||
| Deloittes | Baker, Tilly & Gwatidzo | Metroplolitan Bank |
| EcoBank (formerly Premier) |
Shawn's Financial Consultants | |
| Transport Sector | ||
| Blue Star Logistics | Pioneer Corporation | Transnet Limited |
| Manica Zimbabwe | Scanlink | Europcar car rental |
| Mining Companies | ||
| Pan Reef | Pan African Mining | Zimbabwe German Graphite |
| Forbes & Thompson | Clarity Mineral Services | Golden Valley Mine |
| NGOs | ||
| Plan International | Consumer Council of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe National Family Planning |
| F A C T | Island Hospice Service | CANCER Association |
| Construction & Related Industries | ||
| Bitumen Construction | John Sisk | Beta Bricks |
| Lafarge (formerly Circle Cement) |
Haggie Rand | Kuchi Construction |
| AP Glendinning | FMI (Joina) | Mega Bricks |
| Security Companies | ||
| Midsec Security | Squad Security | Professional Security |
| Masimba Security | Nightforce Security | |
| Food & Confectionery | ||
| Lobels Bakery | Catercraft | Victoria Foods |
| Crystal Candy | The Plaza Bakery | |
| King Pie | "Chicken Slice" Group | Spur (Vic Falls) |
| Universtities & Schools | ||
| Women's University in Africa | Great Zimbabwe University | Africa University |
| St John's College | Chisipite Schools | Prince Edward High School |
| Other large organisations | ||
| P Haritatos Group | CMED | SIRDC |
| Lake Harvest | National Museums & Monuments | ZIMOCO |
| Bronte Hotel | Bain New Holland | Turnall Fibre |
| A A of Zimbabwe | Wattle Company | Steelmakers, Redcliff |
| Zambia | ||
| African Sport & Leisure | ||
| Botswana | ||
| African Sport & Leisure | Realfin Global | |
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