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• 2021-2023: Board Member and Deputy General Manager, Anjin Investments
• Board Chair, Great Dyke Investments (Platinum Mining Company in Zimbabwe)
• Board Member: Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife
• Deputy Chief of Staff, African Union Commission
• Associate Lecturer: University of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki Leadership Institute (TMALI)
• Coordinator: Tana Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, Institute for Peace and Security Studies, University of Addis Ababa
• Coordinator: “Make Peace Happen” initiative on Peace and Security, AU Commission
• Deputy Chief Executive Officer, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
• Strategic consultancies across the African continent
• Advisor, Environment and Tourism, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
• Director of Policy, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Government of South Africa
• Programme Manager: Energy and Climate Change
• Project Manager Community Waste Management Project
• Co-founder of two start-ups (textile and food)

• Editor: NetJournals
• Board member, African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)
• Member, International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA)
• Founder, and Board member for the Centre for African Development Solutions (CADS), a Non-Governmental Organization registered in South Africa
• Co-Chair of the international Board of UNED-Forum
• Member, the IUCN International Advisory Group to the WSSD
• Co-Founder Member of the Southern Africa Gender Energy Network
• Member of a Committee convened by the then Minister Mlambo-Ngcuka to advise the Minister on the restructuring of the Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI)

• Corporate management
• Corporate, Social, Political and Economic Governance
• Peace and security
• Private Sector development
• Strategic Planning
• Resource mobilisation
• Finance and Administration
• Capacity Development
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Policy development and analysis
• Implementation-Making things happen

Ethiopia:
2011 – 2012, 2012-2014

South Africa:
2010, 2008 – 2009, 2004 – 2008, 2002 – 2004, 2000 – 2002, 1997 –2000, 1996 – December 1997

Zimbabwe:
1993 – March 1994, 1990 – December 1993

Africa and Global:
1999-Current

Specific Experiences:

Date: October 2020 – Current
Location: Zimbabwe
Company: Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)
Position: Council Member
Description: Provide Strategic Direction for the management of the University for the implementation of its vision and mandate.

Date: May 2021 – Current
Location: Zimbabwe
Company: Anjin Investments
Position: Board Member
Description: Provide strategic direction for the company and management.

Date: 2018 – Current
Location: Zimbabwe
Company: Graca Machel Trust Network of African Business Women Zimbabwe (GMT -NABW)
Position: Board Chair
Description: Lead the strategy and implementation of programmes aimed at facilitating women in business.

Date: 2015 – Current
Location: Zimbabwe
Company: Chjaa Enterprises, and Ndyelo Restaurant
Position: Co-Founder and Director
Description:

• Establish and manage a textile company
• Establish and co-manage a Pan African Restaurant

Date: 2019 – Current
Location: Zimbabwe/Ethiopia
Company: Africapractice
Position: Senior Expert
Description: Worked on the African Union’s Silencing the Guns Campaign, with a focus on the role of the private sector in peace and security in Africa.

Date: 2019 – January 2020
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Company: African Governance Institute (AGI)
Position: Board Member
Description: Provided strategic direction and participated in the events of the AGI.

Date: August 2014 – December 2019
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
Company: Great Dyke Investments
Position: Board Chairperson
Description: Led the Board in the Strategic Direction of the Company.

Date: January 2015 – December 2018
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Company: University of South Africa/Thabo Mbeki Leadership Institute (TMALI)
Position: Academic Associate: Governance
Description:

• Provided academic support to students
• Revised/edited existing study guides
• Set exam and supplementary exam papers and memoranda
• Wrote/edited tutorial letters
• Answered academic queries by registered students
• Marked all assignments

Date: November 2012 – February 2014
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company: African Union Commission
Position: Deputy Chief of Staff
Description:

• Assisted the Chief of Staff in the management and coordination of the Cabinet and the Bureau of the Chairperson
• Attended Commission meetings and reported/briefed
• Followed up on the implementation of Commission meetings’ recommendations and reported
• Attended tender board meetings and reported
• Followed up on departments’ monthly work plans and monthly activity reports, ensuring they were submitted in a timely manner
• Followed up on BCP projects and reported
• Followed up on NEPAD and Gender
• Participated in meetings/ audiences/ missions if required and reported
• Chaired the weekly interdepartmental, coordination and cabinet meetings in the absence of the Chief of Staff
• Chaired the monthly meeting of Directors in the absence of the Chief of Staff
• Followed up on intradepartmental meetings in coordination with Chief of Staff
• Followed up on the implementation of BCP/Cabinet meetings recommendations/decisions and reported/briefed
• Participated on behalf of the Chief of Staff on the ECOSOCC interdepartmental Committee on verification on appraisal of eligibility of candidates
• Drafted letters and reports
• Prepared briefing notes/talking points for Chairperson’s meetings if required
• Provided inputs for Chairperson’s speeches

Date: May 2012 – June 2012
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company: GIZ, Seconded to the AU Commission
Position: Senior Advisor- Development of the AU Commission on its AU-wide Strategic Plan
Description:

• Undertook consultations within the AU Commission to solicit views on:
  a. Substantive thematic elements to be covered in the comprehensive strategic development plan for Africa
  b. Structural/institutional and implementations mechanisms to be covered in the comprehensive strategic development plan for Africa
  c. Resources-including capacity issues to be included in the strategic development plan for Africa
  d. Stakeholder involvement, particularly the role of the private sector
  e. Partnerships-role of development partners in Africa’s development
  f. Strategies for fast-tracking regional integration
• Undertook consultations with RECs on the same issues, including the role of RECs in sub-regional development, vis-a-vis the member states, and the AU Commission.
• Undertook consultations with key private sector entities and associations to determine areas they thought should be covered in the comprehensive strategic development plan, and what role the private sector would play in its implementation.
• Undertook consultation with selected Civil Society organisations
• Undertook consultations with selected development partners
• Drafted the project document
• Developed an estimated budget and timeframe for the development of the comprehensive long-term strategic development framework for Africa
• Developed an estimated budget, including milestones and deliverables, as well as reporting timeframes on the draft (to AU structures, comments and feedback, sub-regional and stakeholder consultations on drafts)
• Identified and secured a multi-disciplinary team to work on the team –to be approved by the AU Commission.

Date: June 2011 – April 2012
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company: Institute of Peace and Security Studies, University of Addis Ababa
Position: Senior Advisor, High Level Networking and Advocacy

Description:

• Designed a high-level networking and advocacy strategy and framework, with their appropriate instruments
• Implemented the strategy by establishing a list of potential network members and partners, and building a strong high-level networking with continental and regional institutions, as well as with governments, high level leaders in African private sector, civil society networks and African “big names”
• Advocated for the conference and assisted in building its large constituency and ownership by official institutional actors and critical segments of other security stakeholder groups
• Coordinated with the outreach team in promoting the conference ideal and overall objective of exploring innovative approach to designing African centered solutions to peace and security challenges
• Collaborated with the other team members in ensuring follow-up to both the pre-conference and the conference
• Assisted the team leader in drawing lessons from both the pre-conference and the conference itself, and formulating a strategic framework for institutionalizing the conference high level networking and constituency
• Synergized and coordinated with the conference thematic/substantive team as well as the communication manager to feed up advocacy and networking endeavors
• Undertook other advocacy and high-level networking duties and tasks as required and or as assigned by the team leader.

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Position: Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided well-articulated documentation of progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 (A21), Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 (PFIA21) and Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) commitments, with a clear understanding of the constraints and challenges, and well-informed recommendations to enhance implementation progress.
• Increased understanding and appreciation of the new and emerging challenges to advancing Southern Africa’s sustainable development agenda and provided well-informed action-oriented recommendations to effectively address these challenges.
• Enhanced understanding and appreciation of the institutional and strategic frameworks necessary to effectively operationalize sustainable development in Southern Africa.
• Provided a clear understanding and appreciation of the prospects and challenges for Southern Africa towards a transformation to a green economy in order to contribute to the realization of its sustainable development and poverty eradication goals.
• Clearly articulated Southern Africa’s concerns and priorities in regard to the implementation of sustainable development commitments.
• Provided well-informed, action-oriented recommendations and a way forward to advance Southern Africa’s sustainable development agenda.

Date: October 2010 – June 2011
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Company: German International Cooperation (GIZ), seconded to the African Union Commission, Office of the Deputy Chairperson
Position: Advisor on the second Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD)

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualized and implemented the AU Commission’s 2nd Strategic Partnership Dialogue, including preparations for the Pan-Africa Institutions Forum.
• Implemented the 2nd Strategic Partners Dialogue and the 1st strategic forum of Pan African Institutions as defined in the concept notes, in collaboration with representatives of the organizing institutions.
• Initiated all actions necessary to ascertain the success of events and to ensure expected outcomes were reached.
• Coordinated research to feed into the events.
• Reported on progress achieved and analyzed challenges and threats that might impact the success of the events.
• Participated actively in the Task Team set up for the events and in all relevant processes and actions feeding into the events.
• Determined and engaged relevant partners in preparation for both events.
• Coordinated the drafting of thematic papers to be presented at the events.
• Provided support to the client office (Bureau of the Deputy Chairperson) in relation to its stakeholders, such as drafting impactful communication and proposing innovative ways of engagement.
• Proposed and undertook actions that enhanced the profile of the African Union Commission vis-à-vis its main stakeholders and Bureau of the Deputy Chairperson.
• Worked in close collaboration with other team members.

March 2010 – September 2010
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Africa Practice: Seconded to the AU Commission, Department of Peace and Security
Programme Leader and Coordinator for Interim Agency (AU Year Of Peace Campaign)

• Conceptualized and coordinated the programme and activities of the African Union’s Year of Peace and Security arising from the Tripoli Declaration of 2009.
• Successfully mobilized stakeholders and resources for the implementation of the programme of the Year of Peace and Security, including for Peace Day (21 September).
• Coordinated the development and implementation of a communication strategy for the Year of Peace and Security.
• Mobilized the private sector and civil society for the implementation of the Year of Peace and Security Programme.
• Mobilized resources for AU Commission-wide approach to the implementation of the Year of Peace and Security.

October 2008 – August 2009
Midrand, South Africa
NEPAD Secretariat
Deputy Chief Executive, Human Resources & Finance

• Responsible for Finance, Human Resources & Administration, and Policy and Research of the NEPAD Secretariat, including making policy recommendations to NEPAD Structures.
• Coordinating and directing the work of the NEPAD Secretariat, implementing the decisions of the NEPAD Steering Committee and Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee, and the AU Assembly.
• Engaging partner institutions and stakeholders for support to NEPAD programmes.
• Undertaking advocacy to ensure that NEPAD remains high on the agenda of all stakeholders, internationally and continentally. This includes developing policy positions for NEPAD Structures to undertake effective advocacy on NEPAD.
• Manage and coordinate programmes/sectors of NEPAD.
• Conceptualize and facilitate capacity building of countries and regional economic communities (RECs) for NEPAD implementation.

July 2004 – September 2008
Midrand, South Africa
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Secretariat
Deputy Chief Executive
Responsible for:

• Programmes, Policy, Capacity Development
• Knowledge Management and Research
• Programme resource mobilization and partnership development
• Lead NEPAD representative on the AU Commission Coordinating Unit overseeing the Integration of NEPAD into AU Structures and Processes
• Lead for the operationalisation of the Host Agreement between the AU Commission and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the hosting of an interim AU NEPAD office in South Africa.

September 2002 – July 2004
Midrand, South Africa
NEPAD
Advisor, Environment and Tourism, World Summit on Sustainable Development Unit

• Developing the NEPAD strategy for sustainable development and environmental management in Africa, in coordination with the African Ministers of Environment, as well as African Ministers of Tourism.
• Advising the NEPAD Secretariat on appropriate action to take, and strategic partners to work with to deliver on the objectives of NEPAD’s Environment Initiative and the Tourism Action Plan.
• Facilitating the development and implementation of NEPAD Environment, and Tourism programmes.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with international institutions and Development partners for the implementation of NEPAD programmes in the two sectors.
• Representing the NEPAD Secretariat in relevant international fora, as well as engaging stakeholders for the implementation of the Environment and Tourism Action Plans.
• Mobilizing Resources for project/programme implementation in the Sectors.
• Working with countries to ensure their participation in the development and implementation of the Action Plan.

February 2000 – September 2002
Pretoria, South Africa
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT)
Manager, World Summit on Sustainable (WSSD) Unit

• Developing national and African strategies for the successful hosting of the WSSD.
• Managing experts seconded to the Unit by development partners.
• Management of the funds and budget of the WSSD Unit.
• Developing sectoral position papers to inform government’s negotiation strategy and position for the Summit, including being lead drafter for Chapter 8 of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, which focuses on Africa.
• Liaising with international and national stakeholders in both logistics and content of the Summit.
• Resource mobilisation for the substance work of the Unit, including managing consultants and staff of the Unit.
• Reporting to the Ministerial Committee on the Summit.
• Participating in sectoral negotiations for WSSD, representing the South African Government, as well as coordinating the African position in the context of the WSSD.

December 1997 – February 2000
Johannesburg, South Africa
Minerals and Energy Policy Centre
Programme Manager, Energy and Development

• Developing the strategic direction of the organization, and its programmes.
• Developing programmes in energy and development, particularly on climate change and resourcing them (human and financial).
• Marketing, and undertaking the work of the organization.
• Networking and developing partnerships for implementing programmes.
• Facilitating the participation of communities in policy making processes.
• Capacity building of communities for policy making.
• Engaging government departments to influence policy on energy and climate change.

January 1996 – December 1997
Johannesburg, South Africa
Group for Environmental Monitoring (GEM)
Project Manager, Community Waste Management and Capacity Building

• Implementing an Environmental Education Programme for Communities in South Africa.
• Building the capacity of communities for waste management, including recycling.
• Participating in environmental policy making processes in South Africa during this period.
• Provided institutional input in policy processes such as the Consultative National Environmental Policy Process (CONEPP), the Draft Strategy on Waste Management in South Africa, and the Development of the Aide Memoire for the Mining Industry.
• Coordinating the organization’s work related to Trade and Environment.

1993-1994
Zimbabwe
Government of Zimbabwe
Administrative Officer
Ministry of Environment and Tourism

1992-1993
Zimbabwe
Government of Zimbabwe
Administrative Officer
Ministry of Political Affairs, External Affairs Department

1990-1992
Zimbabwe
Government of Zimbabwe
Teacher
Mabvuku High School