Qualifications:
PhD (Management - Entrepreneurship), Wits; PhD (Archaeology), Wits; Master of Management (Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation), Wits; MPhil. (Archaeology – Palaeopathology), University of Bergen, Norway; BA Honours, University of Zimbabwe; BA, University of Zimbabwe; International Post-Graduate Certificate (Heritage Resources Management), University of Brussels, Belgium; Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, Wits, cand.
Courses and Disciplines taught at WBS:
Technology and High Growth Entrepreneurship; Enterprise Development; Small Business and New Venture Creation; Global Entrepreneurship; Research Methods, Theory and Design.
Other Teaching Experience:
Executive Education and Continuous Professional Development modules: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Enterprise Developmental Management Innovation; Exponential Technology and Strategic Entrepreneurship in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) context within the Emerging African Economies. Honorary Academic Staff, UKZN. Researcher: Archaeological Resources Management Unit, School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, Wits. Graduate Researcher, Arkaelogie Institute, University of Bergen, Norway. International Guest Lecture to Department of Management Studies, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
Research Interests:
Organisational entrepreneurial strategy; management innovation and enterprise development; small business and new venture creation; African archaeology; heritage resources management; palaeopathology, including UNESCO African World Heritage Sites development and management.
Industry and Professional Experience:
Non-Executive Board of Directors Member: Hurungwe Global Ltd., South Africa (2019 – present); Non-Executive Board of Directors Member: Nzumbululo HS & Holdings Pty. Ltd., South Africa (2019 – present); Founding Executive Chairperson & Senior Executive, Enterprise Development: Nzumbululo Heritage Solutions Pty. Ltd., South Africa (2003 – 2019); Founding Partner & Executive Director: Research & Enterprise Development Advisory, FTT580 Pty. Ltd. (Member of the Hurungwe Global Ltd.) South Africa (2011 – 2019); Board of Directors Member: Nzumbululo Holdings Ltd., South Africa (2011 – 2019); Executive Director: Siyathembana Consulting Group Ltd., South Africa (2011 – 2017); Director: MPG Aqua Pvt. Ltd., Zimbabwe (2010 – 2015); Director – Research & Development: Mukhaha Engineering Group Ltd., South Africa (2007 – 2012); NED Director: Mukhaha Consulting Engineers Ltd., Namibia (2007 – 2012); Chairperson – Board of Directors: Tshisele Capital & Investments Ptv. Ltd., South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya markets (2007 – 2010).
Recent Publications and Scholarly Contributions:
Entrepreneurship and Management
Ephrem, A. N., Nguezet, P. M. D., Murimbika, M., Bamba, Z., & Manyong, V. (2021). Perceived social norms and agripreneurial intention among youths in eastern DRC. Sustainability, 13, 3442. (https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063442)
Ephrem, A. N., Nguezet, P. M. D., Charmant, I. K., Murimbika, M., Awotide, B. A., Tahirou, A., ... & Manyong, V. (2021). Entrepreneurial motivation, psychological capital, and business success of young entrepreneurs in the DRC. Sustainability, 13(8), 4087.
Murimbika, M. (2020). The cannabis economy: A mirage or entrepreneurial opportunity for Africa? Journal of Indigenous and Shamanic Studies, 1(1), 1–5.
Murimbika, M., & Urban, B. (2020). Institutional and self-efficacy effects on systemic entrepreneurship: Evidence from South Africa. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1764739.
Nhemachena, C., & Murimbika, M. (2018). Motivations of sustainable entrepreneurship and their impact of enterprise performance in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of Business Strategy and Development 1(2), 115-127.
Chirikure, S., Dandara,C., Ferraz, F., Kraemer-Mbula, E. Mabeza, C., Maharajh, R., Mphahlele, L., Murimbika, M., Pogue, T., Segobye, A., & Sehlapelo, D. (Eds). (2017). Emergence of innovations in (South) ern Africa: Long histories and contemporary debates. Real African Publishers Pty Ltd., ISBN 9781928341253.
Murimbika, M., & Moyo, B. (2016). Chapter 4: Archaeology and donor aid in Developing Countries: The case of Zimbabwe. In F. McManamon, A. Stout, & J. Barnes (Eds.), Managing archaeological resources (pp. 87-106). Routledge. ISBN-13: 978-1598743111.
Archaeological Resources Management
Murimbika, M., & Moyo, B. (2016). Chapter 4: Archaeology and donor aid in developing countries: The case of Zimbabwe. In F. McManamon, A. Stout, & J. Barnes (Eds.), Managing archaeological resources (pp.87-106). Routledge. ISBN-13: 978-1598743111.
Other Scholarly Contributions:
Academic journal reviewer: The International Journal of Management Education; Acta Commercii Independent Research Journal in the Management Sciences; Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Southern African Humanities Journal.
Wits University representative on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education; official member of the Community of Practice for (CoP) Entrepreneurship in Learning and Teaching.
External Examiner for UJ and IIE Monash University South Africa.
Editorial Board member of the South African Archaeological Bulletin.
Advisory Board Member of the Wits University Origins Centre.
WBS Lead on the Fundraising & Strategic Partnership Initiatives: WBS-Bidvest; WBS-MAT.
Member of the Wits-SAtion partnership under the Wits100 Initiatives – Engagement in Catalysing Innovation & Entrepreneurship Campaign.
Organising Committee member and panelist for the Aspire, Higher student innovation competition.
Key Note Address – Gert Sibande District Development Planning Summit.
Key Note Panelist – 2nd SADC Youth Forum - discussing Youth Employability, Business and Entrepreneurship Breakaway at the annual SADC youth summit at WBS’s Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI).
Member of Cannabis Research Initiative – Wits Research Office.
Member of the Wits RARI Strategy Task – by invitation from the GAES.
Lead Scholar at the Wits Research Office – Wits Entrepreneurship Research Challenge.
Facilitator, WBS Public Lecture Series discussion with entrepreneur Allon Raiz.
Committee Memberships:
WBS Ethics Committee; WBS Plagiarism Committee.
Awards, Grants and Scholarships:
University of the Witwatersrand Academic Development Scholarship Award for The Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (2020-2021); Hurungwe Global Chairman’s Discretional award (2017-2019); Siyathembana Research & Enterprise Development Executive Director’s Continuous Professional Development Grant (2014-2016); The Human Science Research Council PhD Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand (2004); University of the Witwatersrand Mellon Foundation Mentorship Award (2003; 2004); University of the Witwatersrand PhD Merit Award (2003; 2004).
Community Engagement:
Advisory Board Member of the Wits University Origins Centre.
International Experience:
National Delegation Lead – Namibian Government-European Commission Special Envoy and Chief Scientist to the Standing Delegation on European Tourism, Heritage & Museum Institutions Mission, in France, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Germany (2010-2013); Program Director – The Oranjemund Shipwreck Namibia Program Phase I & II – International Maritime Heritage Project, Namibia (2008-2013); Scientific Mission Lead – Special Scientific Advisor to the Namibian Government Permanent Delegation to the UNESCO Convention of Under Water Heritage, Paris, France (2009-2010); Principle Investigator HIA Research, World Bank Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) Inflow River Audit INR (2007-2008).
Recent Media:
April 2020, SAfm live radio interview on the Head Space Program: Late Nite Conversation with Dr McEdward Murimbika on African economic dynamics in crisis times, (https://iono.fm/e/847077)
February 2020, Panelist on NewzRoom Afrika Channel 405: The African Round-table discussion tonight is focused on tips for president Ramaphosa ahead of SONA, (https://youtu.be/KbO7U-YUUkQ)
2018, International multimedia interview on FDI- Spotlight: Profiled Corporate Entrepreneur (Director of Siyathembana Group), (http://beta.fdispotlight.com/interview/dr-mcedward-murimbika/)
2017, Interview on SAfm radio, on innovation and entrepreneurship.
March 2016, article, Paradox of the majority economic underclass: Case for redirecting economic reform through new enterprise development paradigm, (http://www.mcedward.co/paradox-of-the-majority-economic-underclass-case-for-redirecting-economic-reform-through-new-enterprise-development-paradigm/)
McEdward Murimbika