Senior army officers graduate

Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter

At least 18 senior army officers and 64 civilians graduated yesterday with diplomas and master’s degrees in Business Intelligence Studies at Mt Carmel Institute of Business Intelligence.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Brigadier-General Joe Muzvidziwa said the graduating senior army officers would bring with them fundamental mindsets in turning around the country’s fortunes.

Brig-Gen Muzvidziwa reiterated that sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe were as a result of the vast natural resources the country has.

“First of all, those that are coming from the Defence Forces will add huge value into the way we look at issues because clearly we need radical minds to approach the situation in Zimbabwe, for the country to move to the heights that we expect because Zimbabwe is not poor,” he said

“Zimbabwe is very rich, so we need radical minds to ensure that tangible aspect that has always been difficult to get is received by every Zimbabwean and from these groups we expect value to be added from the way they are going to tackle issues that bedevil our country.

“Sanctions are there, yes, but the mind that concentrates on sanctions is not going to tackle them because sanctions are clearly targeted at Zimbabwe because of the resources we have. Those that are sanctioning us are doing so to ensure that we do not grow to be the Zimbabwe that will shake the world.”

Mt Carmel Institute of Business Intelligence principal Professor Mufaro Gunduza said the institution was aiming at assisting the national leadership in various sectors of the economy.

“Mt Carmel seeks to unlock the logjam in the economy by coming up with innovative and creative formulas,” he said.

“We believe so much in uplifting the Zimbabwean identity. We are evidently a pan-African school which does not imitate any other business school.

“We offer Business Intelligence studies because we want to have a total paradigm shift as it is different from Business Administration.

‘‘With Business Intelligence we can re-route the country towards attaining true leadership in the country.”

Prof Gunduza said there was need to reconfigure the country’s economy and form new trade partnerships.