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Vol. XII Issue IX - September 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
Following the failure of parties in the inclusive government to resolve the outstanding issues, a recent SADC summit in Namibia proffered a guideline for winding up the Government of National Unity (GNU)’s tenure through elections. President Jacob Zuma is expected to facilitate the creation of a roadmap for elections while SADC will assist with guidelines for an environment of free and fair polls.
The constitution making project is progressing well save for isolated incidences of disruptions to meetings. The team has setup a website (www.copac.org.zw) to facilitate the gathering of views from Zimbabweans in the Diaspora.
Government recently set up 13 sectoral committees to facilitate the development of implementation modalities for the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act. These committees would be responsible for advising Government on appropriate minimum net asset value thresholds for compliance with indigenisation, shares and maximum periods and weightings to be assigned to socially and economic objectives. The committees would also recommend sector specific indigenisation and economic empowerment strategies for consideration by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board and craft sector-specific charters in line with the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act. The Act requires indigenous people to own 51% shareholding in all foreign owned companies as part of efforts to mainstream locals into the economy.
More…
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About the Author:
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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