Great Zimbabwe Times

Prof Tsitsi Nyoni holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Languages,Linguistics and Literature from the University of SouthAfrica.Her thesis was titled A Sociolinguist Exploration of Children's Oral Art Forms on a Kaleidoscopic Cultural Terrain: A Case of Zimbabwe. Currently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Development at Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe.Her research interests lie in Language,Literature,Indigenous Knowledge Systems,Pedagogics and Contemporary issues such as gender,child abuse and domestic violence.She has published several journal articles,book chapters and books in the sea reas.She has also done consultancy work on translation for government and non-governmental organizations.She has a passion for gender issues hence is a member of the GZU Gender Mainstreaming Committee.Her passion and expert knowledge incontemporary issues such as gender,childabuse, domestic violence and indigenous knowledge systems is her notable strength. Join Prof Tsitsi N

 Rugare Makumbe is the Head of Operations at Red Sphere Finance a Subsidiary of CBZ Holdings. She is an enthusiastic young professional and talent management advocate. With more than 12 years in the Finance Industry and remarkable experience in MFI and SME lending, treasury operations, Retail banking, Credit Operations and Credit  management. Rugare has held various positions at Banc Abc and Homelink where she was involved in in the startup and transformation of existing Microfinance Institutions and trebling the loan books in the process. Rugare will be speaking at the WEDO Business Conference highlighting what Red Sphere Finance is doing in promoting women empowerment. How women entrepreneurs can partner the organization for socioeconomic development.  WEDO is a global movement celebrated in more than 144 nations, founded in 2013 at the United Nations, its mission is to empower the 4 billion women across the globe to be catalysts of change, and uplift the 250 million girls living in

               Advocate Vimbai Nyemba  Zimbabwe’s prominent legal guru and Procurement Authority of Zimbabwe board Chairperson Advocate Vimbai Nyemba will grace the Women Entrepreneurship Day Business Conference scheduled for the 2nd of June in the City of Masvingo. Nyemba is the Founding partner of V Nyemba and Associates Legal Practitioners. She has sat on several boards chief among them are Vice President SADC Lawyers Association, President of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Council Member of Council for Higher Education, among others. Currently she is the Chancellor of the Diocese of Harare- Advisory to the Bishop. She is also the President of SADC Lawyers Association.Nyemba has won a number of awards including the African Leadership Awards presented in recognition of distinguished leadership contribution that has inspirational footprints awarded by Legacy Building Leaders on the 20th of March 2022, Businesswoman of the year Platinum Winner of 2021 by Megafest Business Awards, Honorar

             Reginald Chapfunga The much awaited Youth Empowerment Hub (YEH) will start on 12 May at Masvingo Polytechnic with various mentors ready to articulate various topics to young people.   The skills development program is meant to connect the youth with various movers and shakers in industry and commerce to create an ecosystem that will propel them to greatness. The Hub will also expose youths to business and economic opportunities and link them up with various skilled and experienced mentors. Reginald Chapfunga, the board chairman of Shekinah Media which is spearheading the project, highlighted the need to keep the young people productive so that they cannot be attracted by drugs and other societal ills prevalent in Zimbabwe. He said mentoring youths and giving them a platform to air their views was a way of empowering them and inspiring the next generation of great leaders. “We are trying to create a situation whereby youths from all walks of life come together and share ide