Zimbabwe Influential People’s List To Be Published Annually

Zimbabweans are set to witness the annual publication of the country’s most influential people’s list, a move which is meant to recognise and celebrate the contributions made by the nation’s focussed and hardworking men and women from diverse backgrounds.

This was revealed by Mr Pritchad Mhako of Dindingwe Media, a local company that recently partnered with a United Kingdom based company, SPE Media, to come up with a list of 10 influential young Zimbabweans born after 1980.

The 2015 list which was dubbed ‘10 Independence Ngoda Game-Changers under 35’ was released to coincide with the country’s 35^th Independence Day commemorations.

Prominent names which featured this year are listed below in their chronological order of relevance.

Walter Magaya (The Prophet)
Global Newsmaker │Televangelist │Media Mogul │Entrepreneur

Frank Buyanga (The Serial Entrepreneur)
International deal broker │ Serial Entrepreneur │Young African Millionaire to watch │

Farai Gundan (The Go Getter)
Tech Innovator │Media Mogul │World Economic Forum Young Global Leader │Forbes & Forbes Africa Contributor │

Chamu Chiwanza (The Empowerment Genius)
Presides over the oldest empowerment block, AAG │ Youngest recipient of the IODZ Director of the Year (SME) Award (Received when he was 28) │Serial Entrepreneur │Board Member to various companies │Empowerment Architect & Advocate

Munyaradzi Gwatidzo – (The Tech Innovator)

Tech Innovator │ World Economic Forum Global Shaper │Founder and CEO Astro Mobile (A company which recently established the first mobile devices manufacturing plant in Africa) │Futurist

Vimbai Kajese (The Media Expert)
Journalist │Former Newspresenter for China Central Television’s CCTV-9 │ First African Anchor Woman in the stations’s history │International Event Organiser

Pasi Williams Sachiti (The Futurist)
Tech Inventor │Serial Entreprenuer │Founder Clever Bins (Trading in 9 Countries) │ 2013 Business Innovation Award Recepient (ZIMAA) │ Founder MyCity Venue

Matipedza Karase (the High Flyer)
Aviation Entrepreneur │ Group Chairman & Co-Founder of The Nu-Group of companies │ Country Manager of a budget airline, FlyAfrica

Tabeth Kanengoni – (The Iron Lady of Sport)

Politician│Member of Parliament │ZANU PF Central Committee Member │Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture

Axcil Jefferies (The Flag Bearer)
Formula 2 Racer │Flag Bearer/ Patriotic │ Global UN Aids Ambassador │Childline Goodwill Ambassador │African FIA Action for Road Safety Ambassador

Mr Mhako said that the list will run under the Ngoda banner and as such, it will be prefixed with the word “Ngoda” under any category that will be entered into.

In Zimbabwe, Ngoda means rough diamond in Shona, which is one of the country’s local official national languages alongside Ndebele.

He added that the list which has already received an overwhelming response is the fruit of diligent consultation with various authoritative voices both locally and abroad.

“Our goal is to make the list as credible as we can and so in that respect our doors are open to more voices” Mr Mhako emphasized.

He also revealed that the general criteria adopted in this regard is to put into consideration the person’s influence, national relevance, international appeal and potential among others.