Non-Profit Corporation • USA

Harare Institute of Technology Inc

Supporting the growth of Innovation and Technopreneurial activities in Africa through institutional advancement, world-class education, and cutting-edge technology development.

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Introduction

Harare Institute of Technology Inc is a non-profit corporation formed to support the growth of Innovation and Technopreneurial activities in Africa being driven from the Harare Institute of Technology. The corporation seeks to drive institutional advancement and growth to enable the provision of a world class education in science and technology on the African Continent.

Despite a large talent pool in Africa, education in most countries is underfunded thus threatening the quality of delivery and in most instances access to the under privileged members of society. The Corporation seeks to support the development of a new model of technological education through provision of resources to put in place state of the art equipment and infrastructure resulting in the development, incubation, transferring and commercialisation of cutting edge technology that spearheads rapid industrialisation on the African Continent.

The implementation of disruptive innovation models coupled with improved access to quality technical education is core to the activities of the corporation.

Guiding Fundamentals

  • The need to support research and learning, taking advantage of alliances with the growing technology companies and research institutions globally to support Science and technology workforce development.
  • Supporting lifelong learning through development of career pathways for talented students.
  • Develop HIT into a diverse and complex institution that specialises in: Science, Engineering, Technology, Technopreneurship, Business and Management Sciences, Professional and Collaborative programmes including technical pedagogy on the African Continent.
  • Supporting the development of a world class Technology Institute in Zimbabwe that avails new technologies responsive to national and continental strategic growth areas.
  • Designing the Future: We endeavour to promote smart partnership with global industries thus providing a supportive ecosystem for the production of highly skilled graduates with the ability to make major global impact through production of commercialisable intellectual property.

Vision

To be the stimulant of scholarship in innovation through the development of global technopreneurial leaders.

Mission

To deploy innovative funding solutions in the development of human capital that drives global commercialisation of technology.

Values

  • Innovation
  • Leadership
  • Integrity
  • Commitment
  • Professionalism

What Drives Us

01

Our coming into existence was based on our belief that current educational challenges in Africa require committed individuals who have a wide industry experience to be able to provide strategic solutions on institutional growth and development issues.

02

The exposures gained by our team through international assignments undertaken in the past and present, broadened our scope to be innovative in our approach to supporting public education in Africa.

03

We believe that through supporting capacity building in STEM education, we shape the future development of human capital coming from Africa to address skills gaps at a global scale.

04

Despite Africa having a critical mass of talent both tapped and untapped, further development has been stifled by resource constraints. As such it is our goal to develop a resource pool to support tech based enterprises to position Africa as a strategic partner in the Digital Revolution.

05

Our Directors, partners and associate consultants have an appreciation of the benefits of education collaborations between African Institutions and other global players but for this to be achieved, equity in education access needs to be supported from an economic, social and cultural perspective.

Our Strategic Focus

Our strategy is to partner with progressive and like-minded institutions who are committed to closing the education funding gap in Africa and support the implementation of innovative and sustainable business practices and models for global impact. This shall be achieved through resource mobilisation to support the following:

Retooling Facilities

Retooling of learning and research facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and technology.

Scholarship Support

Scholarship support for under privileged students to access quality technology education.

Infrastructure Development

Infrastructure development to support growth of new Hi-Tech Industries on the African continent.

Faculty Development

Faculty development through acquisition of high end skills and exposure on current industry trends.

The Board Members

Christopher Mapondera

Christopher Mapondera

Board Chairperson

Christopher Mapondera is an international business consultant, industrialist, advocate for technology advancement in Africa, and an agriculturalist. As a long-time pan-Africanist, he has promoted inter-African and diaspora investment and business linkages. He was a political activist in the attainment of Zimbabwe's independence and indigenisation of the Zimbabwean economy.

Mr. Mapondera is the Global Director of the Mining, Minerals and Industry Sector at the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI). The sector promotes ownership and beneficiation of minerals and resources in Africa for the economic empowerment of Africans and other people of African descent in the Diaspora.

He is the chairman and co-founder of BillMari, a FinTech company, established in 2015. BillMari created a first-of-its-kind, remittance platform to send money to Zimbabwe using blockchain technology and a local financial institution. Through the Blockchain platform, BillMari also supported a women in farming organization to acquire and finance inputs.

Mr. Mapondera was a Project Manager and Consultant to the African Development Foundation (ADF), a US Government Agency. He was the first, post-independence CEO and Managing Director of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), one of the largest integrated iron and steel manufacturers in Africa.

Education: M. Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Howard University; B.Sc. in Agriculture, Ohio State University.

Alletha Muzorewa

Alletha Muzorewa

Board Vice Chairperson

Alletha is the product of Zimbabwe's Manpower development program that saw many Zimbabwean young adults get trained across the globe. She attended Texas Woman's University, in Denton Texas, where she received a double major in Dietetics and Institutional Administration and Business Administration.

Alletha spent about 20 years in the fast-food industry with a focus on value creation and professional development. Since "retiring" from the fast food industry in 2015, she joined the workforce development profession through the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) and has worked different roles as a workforce development professional for the state of Nevada.

Through these roles she mastered that the economic and individual health of a community depends on a properly educated and trained workforce. She understands fully well that supporting the workforce is the role of many stakeholders which include community based organizations, health insurances and healthcare practitioners.

The workforce development program at Anthem has provided her with a great opportunity to connect Medicaid members to the workforce which has become difficult for many members to navigate.

Herbert Njonga

Herbert Njonga

Board Member & Corporation Secretary

Mr Njonga is the Registrar of Harare Institute of Technology. He is an accomplished multi-skilled human resources and operations leader with a proven track record for developing and implementing new processes and systems.

His expertise includes: research and development, humanitarian programme management, change management, business process reengineering, partnership development, strategic planning, people or human resources management and professional services.

Herbert Njonga is a leadership development and corporate governance facilitator having trained leaders in various corporates in Zimbabwe. He is also involved in leadership coaching and mentorship.

Education: B.Sc. Sociology Honours, University of Zimbabwe; M.Sc. Strategic Management, Chinhoyi University of Technology; Certificate in Labour Relations, IPMZ; Safety and Health Advisor Certification, NSSA.

Memberships: Institute of Directors Zimbabwe, Institute of People Management Zimbabwe, Toastmasters International.

Prof Q.C. Kanhukamwe

Prof Dr Eng Quinton Chamunorwa Kanhukamwe

Board Member & President / CEO

Prof Dr Eng Q.C Kanhukamwe holds a PhD (Eng) and an MSc (Eng) and is a member of the following professional bodies: Institute of Industrial Engineers (MIIE-USA), Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (MICME-UK), Professional Engineer — Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (Pr Eng ZwIE and F, ZwIE).

Dr Eng Kanhukamwe is the current Board Chairman for Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO), a board member of the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe, a member of World Technopolis Association (WTA), Southern Africa Regional Universities Association (SARUA), Association of African Universities (AAU), Oxford Club of Rectors, Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers, a Senator with the Junior Chamber International JCI, and a proponent of the innovation and technopreneurship philosophy and practice.

Research Interests: Technology Management, Modern Manufacturing Techniques, Systems and Processes Engineering, Materials Management Systems, Optimisation of Cleaner Production in Manufacturing Industries, Maintenance Management, Properties of Manufacturing Materials.

Blessing Dube

Ms Blessing Dube

Board Member

Blessing is a Scientist by profession with experience working in public health research. Her work experience includes a stint with Corrona where she worked as a Senior Scientific Manager.

Besides her career as a scientist, Blessing has been active in assisting international students coming to study in the USA settle in quickly in their new environment.

Education: Bachelors degree in Health Promotions; Masters Degree in Public Health, Tulane University.

Enquiries

Direct your enquiries to:

Mrs Alletha Muzorewa

Board Vice Chairperson

amuzorewa@hit-dc.org

+1 (702) 245-1401

Mr Herbert Njonga

Board Secretary

hnjonga@hit-dc.org

+263 784 166 432

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