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Professor Gabriel Kabanda

rofessor Gabriel Kabanda
specialises in computer science
and information systems and is ICT
currently the pro-vice-chancellor
at the Zimbabwe Open
PUniversity.
Professor Kabanda is the secretary-general
of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences. guru
He holds a PhD in Computer Science
(California, US), MSc in Computer Science
(Swansea, Wales), BSc in Mathematics and
Physics (University of Zimbabwe), Gold
Diploma in Computer Programming (London)
and a Diploma in Applied Meteorology loves to
(Reading).
He received an international award for his
outstanding contributions to education – the
Golden Academic Excellence and Professional
Achievement Award – in 2013 in Malaysia at educate
the World Marketing Summit.
He was awarded the world-wide honour of
Who’s Who of Professionals in 1997.
Professor Kabanda is a board member of the
Zimbabwe National Army Schools and Welfare
Trust, the chairperson of the IT Governance &
Cyber Security Institute, an external examiner
of a South African university and a organisation and administration of He also has a wealth of industrial
Zimbabwean university, a member of the organisations at executive level. experience in consultancy,
International Society for Development and Senior management university telecommunications, project planning
Sustainability, a board member of the Pan- experience in an open and distance and management, and has gained
African University student selection jury, learning (ODL) setting over the experience in teaching and
professional member of the Computer Society last 12 years include portfolios graduate student supervision.
of Zimbabwe, and an adviser on information or key result areas with a Notable achievements in the
and communication technology (ICT) and responsibility for past 10 years include the
science, technology, engineering and strategic/corporate planning, establishment of the Centre for
mathematics (STEM) education to the Global academic affairs, research, ODL, Research and Scholarship
STEM Leadership Alliance, a California-based marketing, resource mobilisation, and the Centre for Professional
international organisation. budgeting, professional Development, introduction of the
As pro-vice-chancellor and strategist, he has development, collaboration Annual International Research
been ’involved in helping the Zimbabwe Open partnerships, materials development, Conference, development of the 2010-
University attain world-class status and has an learner support and technology, and university 2014 and 2015-2020 strategic plans and annual
established record of leadership, management, governance. institutional performance reviews.
Professor Clifford Mutero

Working to control malaria

Professor Clifford Mutero is an expert regarding Professor Mutero was the founding Medical Research and funded by the NIH. Its
malaria vector ecology and behaviour, integrated coordinator of the System-wide Initiative on overall objective is to improve malaria-control
vector management (IVM) and multisectoral Malaria and Agriculture through which outcomes through an implementation
malaria control policy-making. he coordinated the implementation science approach that integrates
He is a visiting professor in the School of of projects in Kenya, Uganda, health delivery experiments and
Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, decision support modelling to
Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Mozambique and Zimbabwe. His promote joint optimisation of
He is currently based as a consultant scientist ties to these African countries vector control and disease
at the International Centre of Insect Physiology are also important for future management strategies.
and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi, Kenya. collaboration efforts. . IVM for Sustainable Malaria
ICIPE has strong research expertise in His current malaria-related Control in Eastern Africa, an
integrated pest and vector management. He has projects include: ICIPE project whose overall
been part of the University of Pretoria’s Centre . Implementation science to optimise objective is to promote sustainable
for Sustainable Malaria Control since its malaria vector control and disease malaria control in Kenya and Ethiopia
inception at the end of 2011 and his expertise in management – Tanzania, a collaborative project through integration of IVM, integrated pest
IVM played an important part in the original between Duke University, the University of management and income-generation. The
structuring plan of the centre. Pretoria and Tanzania’s National Institute of project is funded by the Biovision Foundation.
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