Shingi Munyeza
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Dr Shingi Munyeza |
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Shingi Albert Munyeza September 17, 1966 Mazowe, Zimbabwe |
| Education | Prince Edward High School |
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| Employer | Faith Ministries |
| Spouse(s) | Wilma Munyeza |
| Children | Nomsa Munyeza |
| Website | www |
Dr. Shingi Munyeza (born 17 September 1966, Mazowe) is a Zimbabwean businessman. He was the head of the Zimbabwean hotel chain, African Sun.
Shingi Albert Munyeza was born to Fredrick Munyeza and Damaris Gwata, where he was the first born of six children. At the age of two, he moved to Inyanga to reside with his grandmother, later on attending primary school there at Tamunesa Primary School.
Munyeza moved to the capital city, Salisbury (now Harare) in 1978 where his parents had relocated to the neighbourhood of Marimba Park. He attended the rest of his primary school education at Mhizha Primary School in Highfield, Harare. Later, he went to St. John’s High School in Emerald Hill, and then later Prince Edward School, both in Harare. During his high school, he was head boy at St John’s High School and later served as Junior Mayor of Harare.
After completing high school he did his articles of clerkship under Ernst and Young, at the same time enrolled for a B.Compt in accounting with University of South Africa and also completed a Diploma in Applied Accountancy with the Institute of Accountants, Zimbabwe. He later went into advertising where he studied for an IMM Diploma in Marketing. After a while, he moved to Zim Sun (now African Sun) where he studied for a Diploma in Hotel Management Strategy with Cornell University, New York. He was later conferred an honorary doctorate in Business Administration and Development by Solusi University in March 2010 in recognition of his contribution to business development in the tourism sector.
He trained as an accountant with Ernst and Young, then made a career change to advertising and worked as an Executive Director in an advertising agency, CM & A Advertising. He moved from advertising to tourism when he got a job at Cresta Hospitality Zimbabwe, where he became Group Commercial Director. After a while, he moved to then Zimbabwe Sun Limited (now African Sun) where he assumed the role of Group Chief Executive.
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