Motivational Convergency
Description
Motivational Convergency is an invented space that seeks to
empower individuals to excel to their full potential. It's regrettable to look
at the proportion of people who pass on without realizing their dreams. A
common saying asserts that 'the wealthiest place is the cemetery', why, one may
ask, because a lot of dreams are locked in there - they were never explored. Thus,
Motivational Convergency is a platform created to help and enable people
realize their dreams, goals, aspirations and purpose in life through sharing of
ideas, interaction and networking - thus, the convergency of great minds.
Our motto: Building dreams, transforming lives, leaving a
legacy
Follow on us Twitter (@MotivatConverge) and stay motivated
About the Founder
Motivational Convergency is a
brainchild of Shakespear Mudombi (PhD), the founder and director of New Paradigm Consulting, a leading
consulting firm in the development sector with interests in Africa
and globally. He is also the founder of a leading global development blog, the Sustainable Global Development e-Thinktank blog (@SGDeThinktank).
Shakespear Mudombi has a strong passion and interest on motivational and inspiritional empowerment. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management from
the University of South Africa, MSc in Agricultural & Applied Economics and BSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of
Zimbabwe. He has experience in research and consultancy in
environmental, agricultural and economic sectors.
He is an expert researcher and writer. Some of the notable research training he attended include the Bergen Summer Research School on Governance to meet global challenges held in 2014 at the University of Bergen in Norway. In 2012-2013, he attended the Southern Africa Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) - a collaborative programme between the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), Department of Science & Technology, National Research Foundation, and the University of Free State (South Africa). In 2012, he also attended the GLOBELICS Academy on Innovation and Economic Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also an active member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and was the first YPARD Country representative for South Africa. He is an Associate Editor of the African Journal of Science,Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID).
He is an expert researcher and writer. Some of the notable research training he attended include the Bergen Summer Research School on Governance to meet global challenges held in 2014 at the University of Bergen in Norway. In 2012-2013, he attended the Southern Africa Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) - a collaborative programme between the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), Department of Science & Technology, National Research Foundation, and the University of Free State (South Africa). In 2012, he also attended the GLOBELICS Academy on Innovation and Economic Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also an active member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and was the first YPARD Country representative for South Africa. He is an Associate Editor of the African Journal of Science,Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID).
From 2010-2014, Shakespear worked as a researcher under the DST-NRF SARChI Research Professor (Mammo Muchie) at the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) of Tshwane University of Technology. Shakespear was a co-investigating researcher in the 2011-2012 START grants for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa researching on
climate
change adaptation for rural communities’ dependant on agriculture and
tourism in marginal farming areas in Hwange district of Zimbabwe. He was also awarded the Climate Change Innovation Research
grant by the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS). He has worked as a
consultant for the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
(CIAT-TSBF, Zimbabwe) in baseline and endline survey on Sub-Saharan
Africa Challenge Program on Conservation Agriculture and Climate Change.
He worked for the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA)
in Zimbabwe in various capacities as a Field officer; Agricultural
economist and Section manager.