Eve Christine Gadzikwa
| Eve Christine Gadzikwa | |
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| Born |
24 December 1964 Zimbabwe |
| Nationality |
 Zimbabwe
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| Occupation | Businesswoman, Philanthropist and Author |
| Spouse(s) | Celestine Gadzikwa |
| Children | Charlene and Kudakwashe |
Eve Christine Gadzikwa (née Mandaza) (born 24 December 1964) is a Zimbabwean businesswoman, leader, mentor, philanthropist and an author. She is the Director General and Secretary to the Standards Association of Zimbabwe, Board Chairman of the and Institute of Directors and Chairperson of The Institute of Directors (IoD) Zimbabwe.
Dr. Eve Christine Gadzikwa (née Mandaza) third born child of four (4) children of Joel and Grace Mandaza was born on the eve of Christmas (December 24), 1964 at Marondera village in Zimbabwe, hence her first name is Eve. She was raised in a strict Christian family and taught discipline and hard work at a very tender age. Her parents moved to Zambia where her father worked as a miner in the Nchanga Copper Mines of Chingola and her mother was a registered mid-wife and nurse.
Dr. Gadzikwa attended her primary education at Hellen Waller School and early secondary schooling Fatima Girls High in Ndola, Zambia where she became a fluent speaker of the Bemba language. In 1978 at the age of 15 years while studying Form II she returned to Zimbabwe where she attended St Johns’ High, Emerald Hill a catholic boarding school. It is at St Johns’ High, Emerald Hill, where Eve studied biology and developed a curiosity to learn more about the human anatomy.
This curiosity inspired her to want to become a medical practitioner however the university entry-level requirements in Zimbabwe were very stringent and she then decided to pursue a career as medical lab scientist in Microbiology instead. Having worked for more than twenty years monitoring the quality of tests in medical laboratories in a number of disciplines, Eve grew an appreciation and insistence on excellence standards. After years of practicing she needed a career change, she wanted to be in a role of power, decision-making, leadership and mentorship and to make a meaningful change in the world. She made enroute into the corporate environment.
In order to fast track the career progression and understand the mind of the business people, what makes them tick, what do they respond to, she obtained a Marketing Management Diploma at Institute of Marketing Management in South Africa (IMM SA) as a stepping stone into the corporate environment.
In 2004 she embarked on and further graduated with Masters in Business Administration from the Nottingham University (UK), to solidify her business knowledge.
In September 2008, she was appointed to her present position of Director General and Secretary to the Standards Association of Zimbabwe. Eve has a passion for promoting quality standards and spent three (3) years as a consultant within the African region and visited countries such as Kenya, Namibia, Lesotho, Ghana; the USA where she spent her earlier professional career working with medical testing and public health laboratories. Prior to joining Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ, 1 July 2015 (UTC)), she spent six (6) years at Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance (ZINQAP) Trust, a national Proficiency Testing organization where, she was Executive Director. Eve has worked to uplift the lives of women of all ages in society by spreading the message of hope.
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