daniel chigunwe
Business Writer
The Zimbabwe CEO’s Network has recognised indigenous mining company, ZIMCN Investments’ chief executive officer, Mr Collins Mnangagwa, as one of the Top 5 Young chief executive officers (CEOs) in the country.
At its awards ceremony on Thursday night in Harare last week, the Zimbabwe CEO’s Network honoured Mnangagwa together with several other business people who had performed well in their areas of operations this year.
ZIMCN owns the Radnor Gold Mine in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, among other productive ventures.
The award recognises the company’s immeasurable contributions to the local mining industry, its high regard for the community, and its environmental protection efforts, as steered by its leadership.
Zimbabwe CEO’s Network executive director, Dr Tafadzwa Matsika, said local mining industry players needed to emulate the high-level of professionalism such as demonstrated by ZIMCN.
“The Zimbabwe CEO’s Network was founded in 2021 at the very height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a view to celebrate excelling professionals and organisations and we are proud that industry players like ZIMCN Radnor Mine are making the mark through unparalleled professionalism and workmanship,” he said.
“The company’s CEO is a young professional whose engineering skills and business pedigree have helped grow the company to become one of the leading gold producers in the country with tentacles spreading into other important sectors of the economy.”
In his acceptance remarks, Mnangagwa, who was represented by ZIMCN general manager, Collins Musarurwa, thanked Zimbabwe CEO’s Network for the accolade, highlighting that it was both humbling and challenging to receive such recognition.
“Our greatest motivation as a professional business entity is to contribute to economic growth, community development as well as create opportunities for locals through our community-driven and tailored investments,” he said.
“I am thus humbled by this recognition which serves as a call to duty and continued excellence and productivity in our ventures. We all have a role to play in economic and national development and the more we give ourselves to excellence the better.”
Commenting on ZIMCN’s contributions to the local economy, Musarurwa, who received the award on Thursday night on behalf of Mnangagwa, said they will continue embracing excellence, at the same time giving back to the community as they complement Government efforts in serving humanity.
“We are a brand that cares and we are proud to play our part in contributing to economic growth at the same time giving back to the marginalised and less privileged under the leaving no one and no place behind mantra,” he said.
Community development is central to our operations and we deliberately continue giving back to the community through rehabilitation of roads, provision of other social amenities as well creating employment for locals in our areas of operation.”
Mnangagwa was trained as an engineer in China and spent seven years getting the best professional mentoring in the Asian industrial powerhouse.
He has previously received other awards, among them Young Corporate Director of the Year and Board Chairperson of the Year from the Institute of Corporate Directors Zimbabwe (ICDZ).
ZIMCN Radnor Mine also got the Mining Sector Supply Chain Excellence award from the Institute of Supply Chain Management Zimbabwe (ISCMZ), as well as the Mining Project of the Year award from the Chartered Institute of Project Managers Zimbabwe (CIPMZ).
The company has been commended for its consistency and impressive investment in the local mining industry and it has over the years been recognised as one of the important contributors to the US$12 billion mining industry vision as espoused by the Government.
Bongani Ndlovu