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Vol. XII Issue VII - July 2010
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
ZIMBABWE Project Management Round Up
By Henry Mkhwananzi MBA, PMP
International Correspondent for PMForum
& PM World Today
Harare, Zimbabwe
Political and Economic Environment Update
Parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) appear to have agreed to disagree on the way forward as regards the outstanding issues to the Government of National Unity (GNU) project. The three political parties have been advising their supporters to get for elections. According to the GPA, elections are supposed to be held at the completion of yet another project, the adoption of a new constitution. Given the anxiety by the parties to go to the polls, it is likely that the elections will be held under the current Lancaster House Constitution. Article 6 of the GPA prescribes promulgation of a new constitution. However budgetary constraints have delayed the new constitution making project.
However, The Herald of 2 June 2010 reported that Chiefs with the support of some members of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) called for the suspension of elections until the national healing process is concluded and peace restored. JOMIC monitors the implementation of the GPA which gave birth to the GNU. Its major function is to unite Zimbabweans who were divided along political lines and provide an environment for healing amongst the people.
The constitution making project resumed in mid-June following its suspension in April owing to lack of funding. At the launch of the outreach program in Harare recently, the leadership of the inclusive government called for peace, tolerance and unity of purpose during the constitution-making outreach program. Other project stakeholders added their voice towards the peaceful process. JOMIC condemned all forms of violence after having reviewed reports of political violence in certain parts of the country. On behalf of “partners supporting the constitution making project – i.e. UNDP, the European Union Commission, SIDA, UK, USAID, the Governments of France, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark” UNDP inserted a statement in the press expressing their full support to the project and further stating that they have no intention to influence the outcome of the project…
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Henry Mkhwananzi, PMP
International Correspondent Harare, ZimbabweHenry Mkhwananzi is founder and president of Quitsun Investments (Pvt.) Ltd, a project management consultancy based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Henry has twenty two years experience working in the ICT field, nine of which were spent managing information systems resources, infrastructure and utilities at senior management levels within a large hospitality concern and a financial services group. He has managed ICT implementation projects for the fastest growing hotel group in Africa, with projects in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Nigeria. Henry was a project manager for a card-based systems integration project for a building society that was being merged with a leading banking group in Zimbabwe. For five years he led several medium to large ICT implementation projects for a leading banking group in Zimbabwe. Mr. Mkhwananzi was a member of the ZIMSWITCH Standards and Specification Working Group that was tasked with specifying ZIMSWITCH message exchange standards and monitoring adherence to these standards by ZIMSWITCH members. ZIMSWITCH runs an electronic funds transfer switching system for domestic payments and transfers in Zimbabwe for the benefit of its member banks. The first four years of his career included hands-on computer programming followed by ten years of business systems planning, development and administration. Henry has lectured on a part-time basis to students studying for the International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies (NCC Education) where he taught data communications & networking as well as computer programming. Henry has a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree, Information Systems Major, from the University of Southern Queensland, Towoomba, Australia (2001) and a Bachelor of Business Studies & Computing Science Degree from the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (1986). A member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2003, he is PRINCE2 certified (2009) and Six Sigma Green Belt certified (2008). The only PMP in Zimbabwe, Henry hopes to create a local PMI chapter or national project management society in the near future. He can be contacted at pm@quitsun.co.zw or hmkhwananzi@gmail.com. |
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