Zimbabwe

HARARE – Not many successful women can say they became an executive manager of one of Zimbabwe’s best performing listed companies before they turned 30. However, recently inaugurated president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe (Icaz), Gloria Zvaravanhu, did just that. Fresh-faced from KPMG Chartered Accountants, the former St …

PROFILE: Self-confessed mathematics nerd Blessing Mudavanhu Mudavanhu has founded an investment house and risk advisory firm that specialises in financial markets in Africa 23 MARCH 2017 – 04:42 AM MOYAGABO MAAKE Blessing Mudavanhu. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA   Blessing Mudavanhu has obtained a doctorate, worked on Wall Street, headed a bank …

Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as “The Lion of Zimbabwe” and “Mukanya” (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism of the government …

Allan Redin Savory (born 15 September 1935) is a Rhodesian ecologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environmentalist, international consultant, and president and co-founder of The Savory Institute. He originated holistic management, a systems thinking approach to managing resources. Once a staunch opponent of livestock, Savory would come to favor using properly managed …

Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born 16 September 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean former swimmer and former world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a …

Peter Ndlovu (born 25 February 1973) is a former professional Zimbabwe footballer and is currently the Team Manager at Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. a Premier Soccer League club in South Africa. Peter Ndlovu originally comes from Siabuwa, Binga district in North Western Zimbabwe. He was however born in Bulawayo, and played …

Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He …

Meet the Boss is a How we made it in Africa interview series in which we pose the same 10 questions to business leaders across the continent. Kura Chihota, CEO of Ascendant Property Fund (Zimbabwe) 1. What was your first job? A property valuer in a chartered surveyor’s office in …

  He’s an up-and-coming musician with a number of entreprenurial attempts under his belt and, with his start-up business Mukuru.com growing in leaps and bounds, Zimbabwean expatriate ROB BURRELL is jack-of-all-trades and master of… well, pretty much everything How have your studies equipped you in the opening up of your …

HARARE – Sheer hard work, determination and creativity keeps Harare businesswoman Barbara Chikosi popularly known as Mama Red Rose going. Revellers in entertainment circles know Mama Red Rose as a shrewd live music promoter. But she told the Daily News that the business of promoting music is a second priority to …