George Mukwapuna is a communicator, leader, mature self-starter, and experienced Senior Lecturer with a passion for cutting-edge knowledge development who actively participates in teaching, research, and community service as well as support the promotion of ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability. Mukwapuna brings practical business experience into the classroom that he blends very well with theory to provide a complete learning experience for the learner. He has obtained a varied experience as both an academic administrator and faculty of several tertiary institutions.
He was trained as a Public Administrator in the first cohort of Public Administrators at Ranche House College which was funded by the Fredrick Nauman Foundation. After graduation, he joined the Zimbabwe civil service in 1980. He left to join Beverly Building Society where he rose through the ranks to become the Mortgage Officer. He left this posting to join Dairiboard (listed in Zimbabwe) and again rose through the ranks to become the Assistant Administration Accountant (Midlands Region). He gained experience in Cash Flow Management and the Preparation of Year-end Financial Statements. The quest for further education and improvement compelled him to register with the University of Zimbabwe where he read for a Bachelor of Business Studies (Honours Degree). Upon graduation, he was immediately summoned to work with the Zimbabwe Banking Group whose mandate was to introduce and develop derivative instruments in Zimbabwe. He also taught at Fletcher High School for two years and later joined the Chinhoyi University of Technology as an Assistant Lecturer.
He immediately started working towards completing a Master of Business Administration degree with the Zimbabwe Open University. Upon completion of his master’s degree, he was enrolled as a Full-time Lecturer. He excelled in his lectureship and was promoted to become Senior Lecturer in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management. He participated in the transformation of Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) by teaching business-related modules; coordinating the activities of the Diploma in Business Studies; as well as developing curricula for the undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs at this university. He was a very active member of various committees of the university ranging from the Admissions Committee to the Examinations Committee. In his seventh year at CUT, he left for NITT in Botswana.
He has shown interest in research and has presented papers at various local and international conference proceedings. He has also edited the Research Methods Guide prepared for undergraduate students at Botho University.
He is currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in the Blended and Distance Learning Campus where he teaches Business Management qqmodules. He also teaches the Essentials of Entrepreneurship module where he excelled and earned the Wadhwani Gold Faculty Award for Entrepreneurship in 2021. Other awards that he has won are Botho University Research Excellence Award (2014); the Botho University Teaching Excellence Award (2014); the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarship (1979) and Rowan Tree Foundation Scholarship (1979).
He has also taken many short courses to enhance his career as an academic and is currently working towards finalizing his PhD in Business Management.
Affiliations, Honours and Industry/Community Engagement:
Management of Financial Institutions, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Ecological Sustainability, Supply Chain Management and Blockchain Technology.
Research Publications:Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID):
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-3755
Business Management, Strategic Management, Change Management, Corporate Governance, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing Management, Small Business Management, Corporate Finance, and Financial Management.
