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Country Boy Tech — Chiradzulu · Prepared for Jason Garber · Updated Aug 27, 2026 (v3)
The Workable Plan

12 steps to opening day — dated, costed, and tracked to October 12, 2026

The business space is already secured. Everything below is what's left, in the order it needs to happen, with the money each step needs and when it's needed by.

Capital still needed
MWK 15,063,631 ≈ $7,532
Target launch date
Oct 12, 2026
Steps remaining
12 of 13 · space secured
Confirmed — real figure from the ledger Estimate — placeholder, needs a quote Recurring monthly tool cost
Timeline
1
Done
Secure the business space
Premises in Chiradzulu are secured — the starting point for every step below.
done
2
Sat, Aug 29 2026
Prepare / renovate the space
Basic fit-out and repairs so the space is usable for training and services.
NeedMWK 200,000≈ $100
confirmed — office space setup/deposit
3
Tue, Sep 1 2026
Pay for electricity & basic utilities
Power connection in place before equipment arrives. Maintenance service line removed per updated figures.
NeedMWK 50,000≈ $25
confirmed — electricity only, no maintenance
4
Sat–Tue, Sep 5–8 2026
Get office furniture
Desks and chairs for the training space and front desk.
NeedMWK 650,000≈ $325
Desks (6)MWK 350,000
Plastic chairs (10)MWK 300,000
confirmed from ledger
5
Thu–Mon, Sep 10–14 2026
Get computers / laptops
12 units including shipping — the core asset the training programs run on — plus a business smartphone.
NeedMWK 7,180,000≈ $3,590
Laptops (12 units, incl. shipping)MWK 6,030,000
Smartphone (Redmi Note 14 Pro, incl. shipping) — Sep 7MWK 1,150,000
confirmed — 12 laptops + 1 smartphone incl. shipping
6
Thu, Sep 17 2026
Get Starlink
Starlink Gen 3 Kit — reliable internet for the space.
NeedMWK 1,350,000≈ $675
confirmed — Starlink Gen 3 Kit
7
Sun, Sep 20 2026
Get printers & photocopying equipment
HP LaserJet Enterprise M612dn — core hardware for the printing/photocopying side of the business.
NeedMWK 2,500,000≈ $1,250
confirmed — HP LaserJet Enterprise M612dn
8
Wed, Sep 23 2026
Backup power system
Keeps laptops, printer, and Starlink running through outages.
NeedMWK 542,131+≈ $271+
12V 200Ah deep cycle batteryprice TBD
12V inverterMWK 423,093
12V smart chargerMWK 119,038
inverter + charger confirmed · battery needs a quote
9
Sat, Sep 26 2026
Get laminating & binding equipment
Laminating machine confirmed; binding equipment still an estimate.
NeedMWK 500,000≈ $250
Laminating machineMWK 360,000
Binding equipmentMWK 140,000
laminating confirmed · binding is an estimate
10
Tue, Sep 29 2026
Stock stationery & items for sale
Full stationery materials and accessories for the retail side of the business.
NeedMWK 1,500,000≈ $750
confirmed — stationery materials, all accessories
11
Fri, Oct 2 2026
Start advertising & marketing
Posters, printing, and direct visits to schools, churches, and cooperatives in the Southern Region — ahead of launch day.
NeedMWK 120,000≈ $60
estimate — not yet in the ledger
12
Fri, Oct 9 2026
Organize the dinner / T-shirt promotion
Community launch dinner with t-shirts and prizes — investors, local partners, and early customers together, just ahead of opening day.
NeedMWK 471,500≈ $236
confirmed
13
Mon, Oct 12 2026
Launch the business / services
Doors open to the public. Computer literacy training, web/software services, and stationery & printing all live.
launch day

Ongoing monthly tools — Google Workspace, Cloudflare, Claude

These are recurring software costs, not one-time launch capital, so they sit outside the MWK 8,880,000 above — they belong in the 24-month cash flow projection as a monthly line, not this launch plan.

Google Workspace
Business Starter — custom email, Drive, Docs for admin use
MWK 16,000≈ $8 / month
Cloudflare — from Jan 2027
Business plan, for sites needing more security/performance than free tier
MWK 50,000$25/mo, or $40,000/mo billed annually
Claude Pro — from Jan 2027
Regular/heavy individual use, ongoing
MWK 40,000$20/mo, or MWK 400,000/yr
Total from Jan 2027 (monthly billing) MWK 106,000 / month (≈ $53)
Billing annually instead drops Claude + Cloudflare to ≈MWK 73,333/month combined (≈$36.7) — worth doing if cash flow allows the upfront payment.
How to read this: the space is already secured, so every remaining step is dated in the order it needs to happen, with the money it needs. Steps marked confirmed use real figures already recorded in the cash ledger. Steps marked estimate aren't in the ledger yet, so treat those as placeholders until real quotes come in. Capital still needed to reach the public launch: MWK 15,063,631 (≈ $7,532), not counting the 200Ah battery which still needs a price. Google Workspace, Cloudflare, and Claude are recurring monthly tools, not one-time capital — kept separate here, and flagged to be added as a line in the 24-month cash flow model, with Claude and Cloudflare starting January 2027.