DareConnect

Board portal for Zimbabwean boards and NECs

Run your board's whole governance year in one secure place.

DareConnect brings meetings, board books, annotations, voting, minutes and actions together, so the secretary spends less time chasing paper and members arrive prepared.

Board pack
1 click
Reminders
Email + SMS
Private notes
Yours only
Built for National Employment Councils Parastatals Local authorities Company boards NGOs and SACCOs School boards

Everything a board needs, nothing it doesn't

One portal from the meeting notice to the last closed action.

Meetings end to end

Draft, publish, RSVP, agenda with presenters, Zoom links, recordings and conflict-of-interest declarations, with live quorum by employer and employee side.

Board books in one click

Every paper assembled in agenda order with a cover, linked contents and bookmarks. Release it to members, and late papers are flagged automatically.

Private and public annotation

Highlight, underline, draw and comment on papers. Private notes stay private, even from admins; public comments become threaded discussions.

Voting and resolutions

Show of hands or truly secret ballots in meetings, and circular resolutions voted online between meetings, with a numbered register.

Signed minutes

Draft minutes from the agenda, collect member comments, get chair approval and e-signatures, then publish a sealed PDF members acknowledge.

Actions that get done

Multi-assignee actions with due dates, progress updates, attachments and reminders. Turn a board comment into an action in one step.

DareVault documents

Versioned documents with reference numbers, in-browser preview of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, folders and controlled sharing.

Governance calendar

Meetings, statutory dates and recurring governance tasks in one calendar that syncs to Outlook, Google and phones.

Secure messaging

Private and committee chats kept inside the portal and encrypted, instead of WhatsApp groups and personal email.

Reports and evaluations

Attendance, preparation and action follow-through reports, plus anonymous board evaluations with year-on-year results.

Member register

Terms of office, qualifications, attendance and annual declarations of interest for every member.

Email and SMS reminders

Once, daily or hours-before reminders by email and local SMS, with delivery logs so the secretary knows who was reached.

How DareConnect works

The same five steps for every meeting, without the photocopier.

  1. 1

    Schedule

    Create the meeting, invite the committee and set reminders.

  2. 2

    Assemble

    Upload papers against agenda items and release the board book.

  3. 3

    Prepare

    Members read on any screen, make private notes and raise public questions.

  4. 4

    Meet and decide

    Run the agenda, check quorum, vote and record conflicts.

  5. 5

    Follow through

    Publish minutes, assign actions and track them to completion.

Board books

A complete board pack, assembled for you

  • Papers follow the agenda automatically, with a cover page, linked contents and bookmarks.
  • Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are converted to PDF for you.
  • Release when ready; late papers and new versions are marked NEW and UPDATED.
  • See who has opened which paper before the meeting starts.

Annotation

Prepare candidly, discuss openly

  • Private notes by default, visible to no one else, not even administrators.
  • Share with the whole board, with chosen people, or only with the chair and secretariat.
  • Threaded replies, @mentions, reactions, and one-click conversion to actions or agenda items.
  • Notes follow the text when a new version is uploaded, and download as a watermarked PDF.

Built for Zimbabwe

Made for how boards here actually work

International board portals are built for London and New York. DareConnect is built for Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare.

NEC quorum rules

Employer and employee representation with quorum counted per side.

Local SMS

Notices and reminders by SMS with your own sender ID, not just email.

Light on data

Pages load in pieces and one board book replaces dozens of attachments.

Local support

Set up, training and support from a Zimbabwean team, in your time zone.

Board papers deserve better than email

Confidential material stays inside DareConnect, with controls the secretary can see and prove.

Two-step sign-in

A one-time code is emailed at every new sign-in, with trusted devices for 30 days.

Private means private

Private notes are enforced on the server: no report, export or admin screen can show them.

Watermarked copies

Board books and annotated PDFs carry the reader's name and time on every page.

Restricted papers

Limit in-camera papers to named people; conflicted members do not receive those items.

Full audit trail

Every annotation change, visibility switch, moderation and release is recorded.

Isolated per organisation

Each organisation runs on its own database and site, over encrypted HTTPS.

Coming next

Mobile apps

Read and annotate board books offline on phones and tablets.

WhatsApp and single sign-on

Reminders on WhatsApp, and sign in with your Microsoft or Google work account.

AI meeting assistant

Draft minutes and summarise long papers, always reviewed by the secretary.

See DareConnect with your own papers

Book a 30-minute walkthrough. We will set up a sample meeting, assemble a board book and show your secretary and members how it works.

  • Free demo and trial set-up
  • Your own secure site, e.g. yourboard.dareconnect.co.zw
  • Training for the secretary and members