The faculty of management and entrepreneurial sciences

Kumbirai Gift Terera
Lecturer & Programme Coordinator – Marketing
Department of Commerce and Management
Tel. +263 24 459 601
Cell. +263 773068106
Email Adress: kumbiraiterera@gmail.com / kterera@wua.ac.zw
Mr K G Terera holds a Master of Commerce in Marketing, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Marketing, and a Diploma in Public Relations. He is currently in the final stages of his PhD studies. Mr Terera is particularly passionate about research in agricultural value chains. His PhD thesis focuses on creating a value chain model aimed at supporting profitable smallholder banana farming in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe. Previously, he has worked as a marketing manager, advertising executive, research consultant, and research and business development officer across universities, the advertising industry, NGOs, and banks. He currently teaches Diploma, undergraduate, and Masters courses in Digital Marketing, Services Marketing, Agricultural Marketing, Principles of Marketing, and Strategic Quality Management.

Ms. L. V. Mapepa is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Management, Department of Information Systems at the Women’s University in Africa where she has served the institution for close to five years across the various fields of teaching, learning and Innovation. Ms. Mapepa is a self-driven Academic with a passion for excellence precisely in the broad field of Tech and Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. She is a holder of various qualifications in IT including a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in IT Systems support, BSc Honors Degree in Information Systems, concluding an MPhil in Data Science and Machine learning and currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration. She also takes pride in providing excellent service to all stakeholders while making positive impact in people’s lives and in business especially women and girls.

As a way of giving back to the community she has taken part in various initiatives such as Career guidance expos in various schools as well other STEM initiatives.

Education and Qualifications

2026 Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) Solusi University,

2025 MPhil Machine Learning and Data Analytics, Women’s University in Africa,

2024 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics (ZCHPC/UZ)

2019 BSc Honours in Information Systems, Women’s University in Africa.

2014 Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA)

2013 City & Guilds Advanced Diploma in IT. Systems Support Speciss College.