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Tatenda Z - Tutor in Sunninghill

I am a Development Economist who holds an MPhil in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School, BCom (Honours) in Financial Analysis & Portfolio Management from UCT and a BCom in Economics & Finance also from UCT. I have over 10 years experience working in the research , strategy and consulting industry in both the private and public sector. My passion is socioeconomic development and I assist in assisting entrepreneurs start, establish and grow their enterprises. I also do financial coaching to equip individuals to be better stewards of their financial resources. I am an avid writer, reader, photographer and hiker.

Tutor basics
Teaching places

Students Home, Public Place, and Online

Travelling distance

Tatenda will travel 10km from Sunninghill, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa

Languages spoken

Tatenda speaks English

Experience
2009-05-07 - 2012-11-12
Senior Research Analyst

● Market Engineering Research focused on the sub-Saharan African chemicals market ● Bespoke Consulting Projects ● Supporting business development team ● Rapid market assessment ● Market entry strategy development ● Benchmarking analyses ● Impact analyses

2013-01-03 - 2014-06-30
Socio-Economic Development Researcher

● Socioeconomic research and Data Analysis ● Business Development, Bidding and Proposal Writing ● Project Management and Administration ● Development of Annual Sector Skills Plans for the Manufacturing & Engineering Related Services Sector Education Training Agency (merSETA) and Wholesale & Retail SETA (W&RSETA) ● Preparing documents for bid submissions ● Development of Monitoring & Evaluation Framework for W&RSETA ● Human Resource Strategic Plan development for South African Maritime Safety Authority

2014-07-01 - 2018-04-26
Senior Strategic Information Analyst

● Investigated and interrogated root-causes under-girding key performance indicators (through field work, interviews, research and observations) in 6 health districts ● Analysed data and prepared quarterly reports for USAID and CDC (BroadReach funders) ● Supported regional teams in Health Systems Strengthening for different health programs through monitoring, training and mentoring ● Conducted data capturing, verification, validation, visualisation and analysis of health data ● Performing baseline assessments and bottleneck analyses in MS Excel ● Conducting Root Cause Analyses (RCA) for the Operations team at facility, district and provincial levels in 11 supported districts as determined by the 90-90-90 impact analysis ● Produced 15+ RCA reports for Operations teams at facility, district, and provincial levels ● Supported senior management in the development of 90-90-90 strategic plans

2012-10-01 - 2019-11-12
Independent Consultant

● Project management ● Small Business Coaching ● Entrepreneurship Development i.e. organising expos for networking of SMME owners ● Research report writing and presentations ● Data capturing, cleaning, verification and analysis ● Business Development, Bid Preparation and Proposal Writing ● Analysing business systems to improve and optimise operations ● Content development

Education
2010-01-11 - 2012-03-06
MPhil in Development Finance - University of Stellenbosch

2008-01-28 - 2009-06-11
BCom Economics & Finance - UCT

2005-02-07 - 2007-12-12
BCom Hons Financial Analysis & Portfolio Management - UCT

Subjects taught
  • Economics

    I am a Development Economist with a strong grounding in Economics and Finance. At UCT I tutored Macroeconomics 2 for the 2nd year students. I have also been lecturing and tutoring for the past 10 years.

    Tatenda teaches Economics at High School, University/College, and Adult level(s)

  • Business Studies

    I am a Development Economist with a strong grounding in Economics and Finance. One of my Advanced Level (A-Level) subjects was Business Studies. I have also been lecturing and tutoring for the past 10 years.

    Tatenda teaches Business Studies at High School and University/College level(s)