Staff Profiles: Professors

Mr Maxmillan Giyane

Position: Chairperson

Research Interests:                            
    Next Generation Computing: Big Data, Cloud Computing Wireless Networks Mobile Applications (including mServices, mEducation)

Dr Robson Mandishekwa

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research areas:
    Economics Internal Displacement Happiness economics

Dr Raymond Mugandani

Position: Senior Lecturer and Chairperson

Dr Pepukai Manjeru

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interest:

    Plant Breeding (breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance, breeding for improved nutritional value in staple crops), Seed Systems and stress Physiology. 

Dr Gabriel Maibvisira

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interest

    Leadership Change management Organisational/Corporate behavior Ethics and organizational development Strategic management Corporate Governance 

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Maibvisira, G. Tefera, O. (2022).The Impact of Servant Leadership on the Performance of Commercialised State-owned Enterprises in Zimbabwe: An Empirical Study. African Journal of Business and Economic Research-Volume 17, No. 1. 2.

2.  Maibvisira,G. Mutambara,E. Mashia, C. (2022). Organisational Citizenship Behaviour’s Antecedents as Predictors of Job Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from Banks in Emerging Economies. The Journal of Governance and Regulation (ISSN – 2220-9352 ( ISSN – 2306-6784 (online version)) in 2022 3.

3. Maibvisira,G. Muregwi, G. and Mutambara, E.(2022).The impact of Experience and Age of Board Members on Profitability and Efficiency: Evidence from State Enterprises and Parastatals in Emerging Markets. Journal of Governance and Regulation in 2022 (volume 11, issue 1).

4. Mambanda, J, Maibvisira, G, Murangwa S. I; (2017).Effects of Total Quality Management on the Performance of the Food and Beverage Industry in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 6(6), 26-36.

5. Mukanganiki C, Maibvisira G, Kandufa P (2014). Ethical and Corporate Governance Challenges that Rocked the Zimbabwean Financial Sector between 2003- 20. 08. International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering, ISSN 2249-0558 page (1-13)

6. Maibvisira, G. Ndikudze, J & Sibanda (2013): The Paradox of Board Effectiveness, Roles and Functions: The Case of Zimbabwean Companies. International Journal of Multi-disciplinary Research Academy

7.  Maibvisira G, Mudzurandende F, and Nyarugwe W,(2012). Causes & Effects of Financial Exclusion in the Banking Sector: The case of Zimbabwe. International Journal of Multi-disciplinary Research Academy

8. Maibvisira,G and Madziyauswa, M (2012). Liquidity Challenges in Indigenous Commercial Banks: The case of Zimbabwe from 2003 -2012. International Journal of Multi-disciplinary Research Academy.

Mr Tawanda Zvarivadza

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests

    Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering Experimental Rock Mechanics Mining Pillar Design Deep Level Mining Preconditioning Empirical Methods in Rock Mechanics Numerical Modelling Sustainability in the Mining Industry Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

Dr Anias Mutekwa

Position: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests

    Literature and gender, Eco-criticism, Colonialism and coloniality in literature

Dr Winmore Kusena

Position: RESEARCH MANAGER

Research Areas:

    Water Governance Sustainable household livelihood Environmental Assessment & Management

Dr Augustine T Mataba

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Strategic Management Business/Labour Law Human Resources Management  Intellectual Property Law Business model Innovation Strategic Human Resources Management

Dr. Caven Masuku

Position: Lecturer

Research Interest: 

    Corporate Communication/Strategic Communication Corporate Social Responsibility/Stakeholder relationships Journalism & Social Media

Dr Mavis Mbiriri

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Climate Change Natural Resources Management Occupational Safety and Health Management

Dr. Desmond Tichaona Mugadza

Position:

Research Interests
    Food Safety, Risk Analysis, Quality and Food Safety Management Sysytems  Microbiology and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) Food security, Food waste and New Food Product Development 

Dr Beauty Dzawanda

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Sustainable livelihoods and Community development Informal Cross Border Trading and sustainable development Climate change and agriculture Water supply and quality issues in urban areas Environmental Management

Dr Pedzisai Kowe

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Urban development, planning and management Spatial interaction modelling, gravity models, transport geography and network analysis Geographic information science; remote sensing of urban green spaces; spatial statistics, landscape ecology and vegetation fragmentation mapping and analysing in urban landscapes; Urban climate, urban heat island mitigation; modelling urban growth, land cover  and land use change using earth observation data  and geographical information systems; Spatial regression modelling, morphological spatial pattern analysis

Mr Admire Takawira

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

Mildred K Chanhuwa

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Gender and Law Gender and Development Gender and commerce

Mr Gregory Mero Dowo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Socio-ecological systems, Dynamics of wood utilisation at periphery of protected areas, Ecosystem services, Restoration ecology.

Mr Erasmus Madzudzo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests

    Product Design and Development Simulation and Modelling Maintenance Engineering

Mr Givemore Moyo

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests:

    Financial inclusion Financial intermediation  Savings groups Corporate Governance 

Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani

Position: Lecturer

Research Interests
    Development of novel Metal Organic Frameworks Photocatalytic degradation of emerging pollutants Cloud Point Extraction (CPE) of antibiotics from biological matrices Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) of antibiotics from biological matrices Crystallography