Young Director of the Year 2020
SIMON Nyamuda the managing director of the Compulink Systems one of Zimbabwe’s most successful ICT companies, is the young director of the year.
Appointed to his current post in 2013, Nyamuda has proved his worth and is no stranger to winning awards.
Under his leadership Compulink Systems was awarded the most outstanding ICT company of the year award at the Megafest Business awards in 2015.
The company was also the 1st runner up for the customer service award at the SMEAZ (small to medium enterprises association of Zimbabwe) Local Legends awards in the same year.
In 2018 they bagged yet another award at the Mashonaland Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Micro, Small to Medium Enterprise (MSME) awards.
Prior to being appointed the managing director of Compulink Systems, Nyamuda headed the networking and communications business unit at Compulink. In this post he attained a number of key Cisco Systems sales certifications. In 2013 Cisco Systems awarded him with the prestigious Cisco’s Winners Circle Award for sales acceleration in the EMEAR (Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia) region. Nyamuda was one out of the five representatives from Africa to attend the event and to receive this recognition.
In 2011 – 2012, he grew business unit’s gross profit by over 200%. Nyamuda’s aggression for results has set him apart as a key unique resource in the region.
Academically he continues with his prowess and has completed a Business Studies diploma with Celebration College, he holds various other certificates in Leaders Appreciation, Project Management, Business Success 360 degrees, Strategy, 95% share marketing and Investment in Excellence from The Pacific Institute. Nyamuda has served on the executive committee of the ICT Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (ICTAZ) since 2014, and he was the chairman of the national executive committee in 2016.
He is an active philanthropist and has a passion to see the lives of others positively impacted through the use of technology.