Eng Dr. Dube honoured as Zimbabwe’s finest torchbearer Service Excellence Director
By Staff Writer
River Valley Properties Group Chairman Eng Dr. Mncedisi Dube has been honoured as Zimbabwe’s finest torchbearer Service Excellence Director by the Zimbabwe CEO Network for his expert corporate leadership at the Gweru based company.
Zimbabwe CEO Network is an exclusive peer group organization dedicated to CEO growth through facilitated meetings, mentoring, and focused learning events and is committed to its members’ success through expert leadership fostering a community of dedicated CEOs.
Eng Dr. Mncedisi Dube’s award celebrates leaders who are “torchbearers” of service excellence and ethical corporate behavior and was presented at the annual Corporate Governance Captains Awards event hosted by the Zimbabwe CEO’s Network on Wednesday 5th November at Meikles Hotel in Harare. Generally the awards are meant to honor top corporate minds in Zimbabwe.
The night was a grand celebratory and networking spectacle as leaders of excellence together with their related stakeholders were in attendance to celebrate, foster strategic alliances and cross pollinate strategies and insights for the economic growth as Zimbabwe moves to achieve the upper middle class status by 2030 enunciated by President Mnangagwa.
In his warm salutations for Eng Dr. Dube, Dr Matsika, head of the Zimbabwe CEO’s Network said:
” Congratulations on being a recipient of this award at the much anticipated Outstanding Corporate Governance Captains awards spectacle! Transparency, Accountability, Strategy Implementation, Effective Responsiveness and a plethora of attributes have placed you at the summit on stage for a well-deserved recognition.
“ As an award recipient, you represent the best of the best in your professional arena. Your works embody what it means to serve as a flagbearer of personal and professional proficiency. You work as a beacon of light shining the path to meritocracy of the highest order. Your nomination is a validation of your efforts and a reminder of the impact that your work has had on the industry.”
Under the astute leadership of Eng Dr. Dube together with his wife, the Group CEO, Amb Prof Smelly Dube, River Valley Group of Companies which is systematically expanding into Botswana now represent the cutting edge of industry transformation, from pioneering technologies to game-changing strategies across diverse sectors.
In recent past, the Dubes had one of their subsidiary companies, Matovu lnvestments Trading as Tebeke Mine awarded among the Top 50 Emerging African companies.
In accepting the latest honour, Eng Dube said it gives him pride to be recognised for his tireless efforts in transforming the country’s economic levers of success and contribute to national aspirations in line with President Mnangagwa’s great Vision 2030.
“I am happy to be recognised as a veteran of pushing boundaries by fellow professional luminaries for our efforts of forging strategic corporate leadership and striving for excellence in everything we do as prescribed in government policies under the motto of leaving no-one and no place behind,” he said.
River Valley Group of Companies is a diversified company with interests in Real Estate, Engineering and Construction, Mining, Agriculture, Retail and Automotive sectors. The company was established in 2007 and started off with the real estate business in Gweru, where it has its headquarters.
The company has grown significantly by expanding into various sectors, through its subsidiaries, River Valley Properties, Matovu Investments, River Valley Motor Spares and River Valley Construction.
Since the 1980s, Zimbabwe has been home to some of the most exceptional business leaders like Eng Dr. Dube and Prof Smelly Dube who have successfully steered top companies both locally and internationally. The current award is to celebrate their remarkable achievements to effectively harness their wisdom and expertise to benefit future generations on principles of good business acumen.
The Zimbabwe CEO’s Network was established to address this issue, founded on the realization that CEOs who engage with industry peers experience a significant enhancement in executive effectiveness .
