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Philemon
Kwaramba - Director
Education and Qualifications:
BSc and MSc degrees in Agricultural Economics (UZ); a PG in Agricultural
Engineering Systems Analysis (UZ); ACCA Certified Diploma in Accounting
& Finance (UK). DPhil Candidate
Professional Membership:
C.DipAF(UK)-DHO; Corporate Member of the Zimbabwe Society of Agricultural
Engineers (MZSAE).
Positions:
Mr. Kwaramba held research economist positions at SADC/ICRISAT,
under the Netherlands/DGIS Health Systems Research (HSR), under
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)’s Economic Advisory Project
(WISO) and SIRDC ’s Business Operations Unit. For 3 years
(1999-2001) he was the Deputy Programs Manager of the Technology
for Industrial Development (TIDE) Programme in Zimbabwe and South
East Africa zone (funded by NORAD). He is also a Trustee Board Member
of the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU)
and is in the Sub-Committee of the Project Management as well as
Human Resources Committee. Mr. Kwaramba is also a member of various
economic recovery taskforces under NEDPP. At SIRDC he is a member
of several high-level decision making committees such as Center’s
Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Sub-Committee, Stage Gate
Process Monitoring Committee as well various Business Partnership
Deliberation taskforces. He also coordinates commercial aspects
of the Regional Research Alliance.
Areas Expertise:
Mr Kwaramba's expertise include: Business JV (Joint Ventures); Equity
Deliberations; Commercialization of public sector departments and
state enterprises; smallholder agricultural marketing & policy,
health-care economics & policy, the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture
& industry, Performance of Zimbabwean Small and Medium Scale
Enterprises (SMEs); Public Health Transport Management Systems in
Africa; commercialization of R&D results and application of
modern business strategies in industrial decision making the Stage
Gate and Balanced Scorecard; provision of business intelligence
and Sector Reform evaluation. Mr. Kwaramba also advises in Professional
Project Management; Productivity & Competitiveness Benchmarking;
Development of Clusters in Industry and Scientific Report Writing.
email: pkwaramba@sirdc.ac.zw
or pkkwara90@yahoo.co.uk
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