Andrew Kamanga
| Andrew Kamanga | |
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| President of FAZ | |
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Assumed office 19 March 2016 |
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| Vice President | Richard Kazala |
| Preceded by | Kalusha Bwalya |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Andrew Ndanga Kamanga 21 December 1966 Kabwe, Zambia |
| Nationality | Zambian |
| Occupation | Sports administrator |
Andrew Ndanga Kamanga (born 21 December 1966) is a Zambian football administrator and current president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). Previously, he was chairman of Kabwe Warriors F.C. and was elected president during the 2016 FAZ Annual General Meeting replacing Kalusha Bwalya on 19 March 2016.
Kamanga was born in Kabwe and attended Kalonga Secondary School, where he played football for the school team as a right winger and harboured ambitions of emulating his heroes by playing for Kabwe Warriors but his father advised him to concentrate on school instead.
Upon completion of his secondary school education, he proceeded to the University of Zambia on the Copperbelt now known as the Copperbelt University) from 1986-1990 and obtained a Bachelor of Accountancy degree. He continued with his management accountancy studies at London City University in England from 1992-1994 and later obtained an MSc degree in Energy and Environmental Technology and Economics from the same institution.
After leaving school, Kamanga first worked as a clerk at Bank of Credit and Commerce in 1985 before proceeding to university. He joined accounting firm Price Waterhouse after graduation in 1991 and briefly worked for Meridian BIAO Bank in 1994 before crossing over to auditing firm KPMG. In 1996, he joined electrical engineering firm Asea Brown Boveri and two years later, joined the newly established Zambian Energy Regulation Board (ERB) as Head of Economic Regulation.
In 2001 Kamanga established ENFIN Solutions, which operates as an energy and financial advisory firm and in 2007 he founded North Western Energy, a private power utility company involved in distribution of electricity to Lumwana Mine, parts of Solwezi and Kalumbila Mine in the North-Western Province of Zambia.
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