Mutumwa Mawere

Mutumwa Dziva Mawere (born January 11, 1960, in Bindura, Zimbabwe), is a Zimbabwean-South African businessman with interests in mining, manufacturing and agro industries, financial services (banking and insurance), telecommunications, publishing, investment holdings, transport and logistics, and international trading, among others.

He has created businesses and turned around enterprises that have become Pan African and global players, most notably Africa Resources Limited (ARL) which was one of the most powerful and influential corporations in Zimbabwe's history.

[1] In 1988, he joined the World Bank, where he rose to become a Senior Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation.

His rise was accompanied by allegations of improper support by politicians from the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), especially in connection with government guarantees for a US$60 million loan used in the purchase of SMM.

[2] In 2004, Mawere's business empire came under government scrutiny, and allegations of prejudicing the state of more than Z$300 billion were raised by the authorities.