GUEST OF HONOR

His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, is the Chancellor of all State Universities. He holds a D.Eng in Engineering Sciences and Technology (CUT), PhD Security Studies and Defence (ZNDU), LLB, LPI, LLD (University of Zambia), LLD (MSU), LLD(UZ), LLD(GZU), DPhil (BUSE), DSc (NUST), and a DTech (HIT). As President, he has laid out a clear vision of taking the country to a prosperous and empowered upper-middle-income society by 2030. He fully supported the adoption of the Education 5.0 Doctrine to spur the transformation of Zimbabwe into an upper-middle-income society through innovation and rapid industrialisation. It is through his research-inclined vision for the development of our great nation that innovation hubs and industrial parks have been established at Universities all over the country. Over and above these initiatives the President's vision has led to the launch of the Bio-economy parks, and specialized agencies such as ZINGSA and the Zimbabwe Center for High Computing Performance. Under his leadership research investment in Zimbabwe is rapidly growing and the Zimbabwe International Research Symposium is privileged to receive him as the Guest of Honour.