Dr. Nigel MK Chanakira,
Senior Advisor
Nigel has had a distinguished career as an economist, businessman and success facilitator in Southern Africa. Nigel holds a BSc (Hons) Economics and MSc (Hons) Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. He also holds a Diploma in Banking Zimbabwe (an IOBZ prize student) and another Diploma in Biblical Studies from Celebration College, Zimbabwe. He has attended numerous Zimbabwean and international banking, business, management and leadership development courses with institutions that include Oxford and Harvard Universities, the Pacific and Haggai Institutes and, the World Economic Forum.
Nigel alongside his business partners founded Kingdom Securities in 1994, which rose to prominence in Zimbabwean financial circles cumulating in a reverse-takeover of The Discount Company of Zimbabwe, which was listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange in
1999. He subsequently led his team to start, acquire and merge stakes in various banks, financial services businesses and companies in Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, South Africa, Mauritius and the United Kingdom. Through the Kingdom group, Nigel won more than 20 local and international business awards which include him twice running the Top Company on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) (in 2001 and 2007), Best Turnaround ZSE Company (in 2006) and being voted Director of the Year in 2007. Nigel left the corporate world in 2013 to focus on economic and business consultancy and private equity. Nigel was invited to join the World Council of Success Motivation International, Inc. (Waco, Texas, USA) in 2013, he has consulted for Government of Zimbabwe in their Ease of Doing Business project, has consulted for FAO at SADC, chaired the UNIDO’s Pharmaceutical Sector Rehabilitation project in Zimbabwe, and he is a resident representative for the Dutch organization PUM, that matches local entrepreneurs with international experts. Nigel is the immediate past non-executive chairman of the Zimbabwe Investment Authority that works closely with the government of Zimbabwe and embassies in the arena of investment promotion and reforms. Nigel currently chairs Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe (the largest private sector initiative in the fight against COVID-19 which has raised over $1 000 000 since inception in April 2020) as well as the Network 58 (a network of concerned Christians engaged in national developmental projects in the areas of value, national reconciliation and economics). Nigel lends leadership and corporate finance experience to the Rosevean Investments team having raised millions of dollars for listed ZSE companies, private businesses, banks and clients within sub-Saharan Africa.
Nigel alongside his business partners founded Kingdom Securities in 1994, which rose to prominence in Zimbabwean financial circles cumulating in a reverse-takeover of The Discount Company of Zimbabwe, which was listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange in
1999. He subsequently led his team to start, acquire and merge stakes in various banks, financial services businesses and companies in Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, South Africa, Mauritius and the United Kingdom. Through the Kingdom group, Nigel won more than 20 local and international business awards which include him twice running the Top Company on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) (in 2001 and 2007), Best Turnaround ZSE Company (in 2006) and being voted Director of the Year in 2007. Nigel left the corporate world in 2013 to focus on economic and business consultancy and private equity. Nigel was invited to join the World Council of Success Motivation International, Inc. (Waco, Texas, USA) in 2013, he has consulted for Government of Zimbabwe in their Ease of Doing Business project, has consulted for FAO at SADC, chaired the UNIDO’s Pharmaceutical Sector Rehabilitation project in Zimbabwe, and he is a resident representative for the Dutch organization PUM, that matches local entrepreneurs with international experts. Nigel is the immediate past non-executive chairman of the Zimbabwe Investment Authority that works closely with the government of Zimbabwe and embassies in the arena of investment promotion and reforms. Nigel currently chairs Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe (the largest private sector initiative in the fight against COVID-19 which has raised over $1 000 000 since inception in April 2020) as well as the Network 58 (a network of concerned Christians engaged in national developmental projects in the areas of value, national reconciliation and economics). Nigel lends leadership and corporate finance experience to the Rosevean Investments team having raised millions of dollars for listed ZSE companies, private businesses, banks and clients within sub-Saharan Africa.