Bonga WG Resume (CV)

Curriculum Vitae for Bonga Wellington Garikai, BSc (Hons) Economics (UZ-2007), MSc Economics (UZ-2009), MBA (ZOU-part).

Bonga Wellington GarikaiBonga Wellington Garikai

Personal detailsPersonal details

Career objectivesCareer objectivesAs a dynamic, visionary, highly motivated self-starter and open-minded individual who is an analytical and strategic thinker, with an ability of working in a multicultural environment, I have a passion to work in an organization which adds value to the economy. Through my disposition to work in a team, coupled with excellent organisational, analytical and interpersonal skills; my goal is to add value to an organisation.

AttributesAttributes Excellent communication skills, coupled with the ability to conduct presentations Have the ability to motivate others and learn from others Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines Ability to take initiative, solve problems and work accurately and independently Ability to adapt, be flexible and to resolve conflicts Highly committed, reliable, professional, quick thinker and security conscious Results oriented and focus on strategy, highly assertive and creative Excellent research skills, both qualitative and quantitative research

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Professional Professional

SkillsSkills

As an Economist, I am capable of the following: Business and Economic Research Policy Management, Formulation and Analysis Data Collection ( Primary and Secondary) and Data Processing Data Management Project Planning and Evaluation Analysing Macroeconomic Trends and give Policy Advice Forecasting and Planning and Budget Monitoring and Expenditure Tracking, among others.

Computer Computer

literacyliteracy

Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Access & Internet and E-mail

Work Work

Experience: Experience:

Current Current

EmploymentEmployment

Employer: Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)Period: March 2010 to datePosition: Revenue Specialist Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitating revenue collection Clearing travellers Promoting international relations and trade Enforcing trade controls

Curriculum Vitae for Bonga Wellington Garikai – BSc (Hons) Economics (2007), MSc Economics (2009), MBA (pending)

Contact details+263 775 057 475+263 712 376 172

E-mail Home Address Contact [email protected] Gokomere Mision No. 5093 P. Bag 9213 Runyararo West Masvingo Masvingo

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Sex: Male Nationality: ZimbabweanDate of Birth: 11 January 1984 Languages: English and ShonaID No.: 22-216236G-22Marital Status: Married

Passport No.: BN564102

mailto:[email protected]


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Employment (1)Employment (1)

Employer: Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenization & EmpowermentPeriod: October 2009 to datePosition: Economist/Project Planning Officer

Duties and Responsibilities: Develop project proposals Appraise projects Produce projects feasibility reports Collect data and update the databank on project funding and empowerment

agencies Conduct entrepreneurship training Monitor and evaluate projects, and Provide business advisory services to projects.

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Employment (2)Employment (2)

Employer: University of ZimbabwePeriod: October 2007-June 2008Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant/ Research Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Conducting Tutorials for undergraduate Economics Students Marking assignments, exams and test for the following courses:

Development Economics Social Economics

Career Career

Achievements Achievements

And Researches And Researches

ConductedConducted

•Participated in the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Joint Facility programme For Electives (JFE) in Arusha, Tanzania-doing Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in June-October 2008. Specialized in Corporate Finance & Investment, Public Sector Economics and Research Methods.

•Carried the following researches whilst on the CMAP Programme: Tax Structure, Administration and Simplification in Developing Nations. Taxation and Risk Taking. Implied Volatility of Foreign Exchange Options As An Indicator of Currency Crisis

Risk.•Researches in Partnership:

Tax Administration & Base Broadening. Issues that have been raised about Public Debt in Africa & Ways of Addressing them. The Development & Structure of Financial Markets in Zimbabwe.

International International

Papers PublishedPapers Published

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1. Export Promotion and Industrial Policy in COMESA region

2. The Effect of Monetization on Tax Buoyancy in COMESA countries

3. Growth of SMEs in Developing Nations: Special Reference to AGOA

Free Library Free Library

Papers PublishedPapers Published

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1. Strengthening Economic Recovery in Developing Countries 2. The Zimbabwean Banking Sector: Solutions to The Common Challenges 3. An Explanatory Analysis Of The Factors That Determine Demand For

Commodities4. Ways of Controlling Inflation: Recommendations to Zimbabwean Policy Makers 5. The Effect of Monetization on Tax Buoyancy: Evidence From COMESA Using A

Panel Data Analysis6. Adapting to Business Environment: Importance Analysis

Curriculum Vitae for Bonga Wellington Garikai – BSc (Hons) Economics (2007), MSc Economics (2009), MBA (pending) 2

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/adapting-to-business-environment-importance-analysis-3781675.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/the-effect-of-monetization-on-tax-buoyancy-evidence-from-comesa-using-a-panel-data-analysis-3862164.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/the-effect-of-monetization-on-tax-buoyancy-evidence-from-comesa-using-a-panel-data-analysis-3862164.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/ways-of-controlling-inflation-recommendations-to-zimbabwean-policy-makers-3868964.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/an-explanatory-analysis-of-the-factors-that-determine-demand-for-commodities-3868988.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/an-explanatory-analysis-of-the-factors-that-determine-demand-for-commodities-3868988.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/the-zimbabwean-banking-sector-solutions-to-the-common-challenges-3899361.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/strengthening-economic-recovery-in-developing-countries-3957235.html


7. Qualities of Effective Control: A Business Analysis 8. Indigenization & Balance of Payment (BOP): Correlation Analysis 9. The Role of the Financial Sector in Zimbabwe, Central Banking and its Social

and Economic Impacts'10. The Causes Of Livestock Reduction In The Rural Context: A Case For Gokomere

Mission Rural Area11. Determinants Of Poor Academic Performance

Economic Economic

Articles Articles

PublishedPublished

1) Analysing Economic Policies Suitable for Zimbabwe. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (1-7/10/09). Facilitated by Zimbabwe Economic Society.

2) How Putting Money in People’s Pockets Can Boost Recovery. Economics Digest, Newsletter of ZES, Volume # 2, Issue 22, August 2009.

3) No Easy Road to Economic Recovery. Economics Digest, Newsletter of ZES, Volume # 2, Issue 23, September 2009.

4) Which Sectors Should be Stimulated by a Recovery Policy? Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (22-28/10/09). Facilitated by Zimbabwe Economic Society.

5) Economic Growth, Savings and Investment Efficiency. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (29/10-4/11/09). Facilitated by Zimbabwe Economic Society.

6) Foreign Exchange Reserves Demystified. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (12-18/11/09). Facilitated by Zimbabwe Economic Society.

7) A Glimpse on Economic Planning Failure: A Dynamic Sagacity. Economic Viewpoint, Fingaz (3-9 Dec 2009). Facilitated by ZES.

8) Economic Policy Espousal Analysis. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette, 17/12/09. Facilitated by ZES.

9) 2010 National Budget Analysis. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette, 24/12/09. Facilitated by ZES.

10) Public Debt in Africa & Ways of Addressing them. Economic Viewpoint, Fingaz, 31/12/09. Facilitated by ZES.

11) Export Promotion & Industrial Policy. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (14 January 2010). Facilitated by Zimbabwe Economic Society.

12) Tax Policy in Less Developed Countries. Economic Viewpoint, Financial Gazette (4 Feb 2010). Facilitated by ZES.

13) Economic Development through Promotion of SMEs. Economic Viewpoint, Fingaz 25 February 2010. Facilitated by ZES.

14) Economic Development, Derivatives Markets. Economic Viewpoint, Fingaz, 15/07/10.

Statistical and Statistical and

Econometrics Econometrics

PackagesPackages

SPSS Eviews & Limdep GiveWin & PcGive Stata & Microfit GAMS & WinRATS

Current StudiesCurrent Studies MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)Institution: Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)Expected: 2012

Final Year:Dissertation pending

Second Year Courses:Financial Management 2.2


http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/the-role-of-the-financial-sector-in-zimbabwe-central-banking-and-its-social-and-economic-impacts-3780428.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/the-role-of-the-financial-sector-in-zimbabwe-central-banking-and-its-social-and-economic-impacts-3780428.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/indigenization-balance-of-payment-bop-correlation-analysis-3780718.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/qualities-of-effective-control-a-business-analysis-3781643.html


Marketing Management 2.2Strategic Management I 2.2Organisational Leadership 2.1Strategic Management II 2.2Change Management 2.1Money & Capital Markets 2.1Operations Research 3

First Year Courses:Business & Its Environment 2.2Accounting For Managers 2.2Management & Organisational Behaviour 3Statistics For Managers 2.1Managerial Economics 3Business Ethics & Corporate Integrity 2.1Management of Information Systems 3Human Resources Management 2.2

Academic Academic

QualificationsQualificationsMASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ECONOMICS (UZ)Awarded in the PASS Category (2009)

Final Year Course:Dissertation 2.2

Dissertation Titled: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Tax Buoyancy in Developing Nations: An experience in the SADC economies using Panel data analysis.

Joint Facility for Electives (JFE)-AERC Arusha –Tanzania (June –October 2008)Public Sector Economics 2.2Corporate Finance and Investment 2.2Research Methods 2.2

First Year Courses:Microeconomics 3 Economic Modelling and Policy analysis 2.1 Monetary Economics 1 Quantitative Methods 2.2 Macroeconomics 1 Labour Economics 3

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS DEGREE IN ECONOMICS Degree Classification: Upper Second Class (2.1) Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE-2007

FINAL YEAR COURSES Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Theory & Policy, Agricultural Marketing Economics, International Economics, Monetary Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics 2, Natural Resource Economics, Labour Economics, Public Finance, Corporate Finance 1 & 2 and Agricultural Economic Policy.

SECOND YEAR COURSES Mathematics for Economists 2, Management Accounting for Business 1 & 2, Econometrics 1, Applied Statistics, Microeconomics 1, Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, Social Economics, Industrial Economics, International Trade Theory & Policy, Agricultural Production Economics and Agricultural Economic



Development.

FIRST YEAR COURSES Business Administration 1 & 2, Financial Accounting For Business 1 & 2, Communication Skills 1 & 2, Mathematics for Economist 1, Economic Principles and Introduction to Statistics.

Advanced, Advanced,

Subsidiary & Subsidiary &

Ordinary LevelsOrdinary Levels

ADVANCED LEVELGokomere High School (2002-2003) Mathematics(C), Management of Bus (B)Geography(B)Accounting (D)

SUBSIDIARY LEVELEnglish Language & Communication Skills (3)

ORDINARY LEVELGokomere High School (1998 – 2001) 7 Ordinary Level Passes including English, Mathematics and Science.

Proffessional Proffessional

QualificationsQualifications

Programme: Certificate in Customs and Taxation (incomplete)Organisation: Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Training Centre

Research Title: An Empirical Analysis Of Tax Performance and Tax Efficiency: Reference To The Concept of Income in Tax Law and Policy (Haig-Simons-Hicks Definition of Income)

Other StudiesOther Studies Programme: Certificate in Discover Bible Guides (June 2005)Institution: Voice of Prophecy Bible Correspondence School



RefereesReferees1. Dr T. Mumvuma,

Chairman-Economics Dept University of ZimbabweP O Box MP167Mount Pleasant, Harare(Tel) 04-303211 ext 1715(Cell) 0712 645 051 email: [email protected]

2. Mr. M. Kwaramba (Lecturer)University of ZimbabweP.O. Box MP 167Mt PleasantHarare(Cell) 0772732455\0773385688. email: [email protected]

3. Mr T G Mashonganyika (Deputy Director)Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, P Bag CY 7762 CausewayHarareTel: 04-707741 Cell; 0712416218




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