Snap Tech International opens new branch in Zimbabwe

By Wallace Mawire International Change Management Consultancy and training Firm, Snap Tech International has opened its new branch in Zimbabwe saying that the new dispensation opens new opportunities to improve the economy. Snap Tech (Pty) Ltd is an accredited consulting and training company and a leading provider of international best practice standards, frameworks and models in project, programme and portfolio management in South Africa and Africa. According to Hector Vere, Snap Tech International Principal Consultant, the company which is headquartered in South Africa has also established footprints in Kenya, West Africa, Zambia and Botswana. It is also reported that the firm will also be moving into Swaziland soon. Vere said that there was great need for companies domiciled in Africa to play their role to improve conditions in the continent. He said in Zimbabwe the firm will help induce international best practices on the consulting side of things. “We wish to help Zimbabwean companies to follow international best practices which have been lacking for a long time. Good methodologies are needed that is why in most cases you funds not being properly used in some projects and this affects economies,” Vere said. Vere said that there has been a lot of red tape in Zimbabwe which has been affecting business, but through their engagement with stakeholders they have noted that the new era is on the path of bringing new reforms. He said that for example the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has made tax reforms and relaxations which are welcome by investors. Guy Eastoe, Snap Tech International CEO said that will have a focus on creating change in Zimbabwe’s institutions to facilitate economic growth. He added that has played a critical role of training organisations and individuals to be change agents and they also hope to do the same through the new Zimbabwe office. He said that their change management initiatives have benefited corporations, companies, small businesses, the public sector and individuals. Snap Tech International, says Zimbabweans and their government need to treat their change agenda as announced by the President ED Mnangagwa as a country-wide project in order to ensure success. SnapTech’s Country Director for Zimbabwe, Dakarai Kuhlengisa, while speaking at the launch of the local office of the World Wide represented Change and Project Management Consultancy Firm, observed that the change that the Zimbabwean government was driving for should actually be treated as a country wide project to ensure its success. “SnapTech is heartened by President ED Mnangagwa’s call for change under this new dispensation but we must caution that Change and Project Management are not easy and that there is need for this call to action to be treated like a nation-wide project. We are so confident in the new dispensation and its agenda that we have decided to open a Zimbabwean office to help assist willing organisations get help in project and change management,” explained Mr. Kuhlengisa. “The call by our President for change and the declaration that ‘Zimbabwe is open for business’ is a massive integrated project that requires the necessary project management skills in order to meet the objectives within the expected timeframes and it is our honest and sincere belief that they will be serious skills gaps in both the private and public sector for ensuring that this massive project is managed adequately,” added Kuhlengisa. Kuhlengisa further explained that Zimbabweans will need training to up skill them in project, programme and change management in order for them to be ready to help drive change. This realisation that there would be need for project management leadership now and in the future has been the mains reason for the consultancy firm’s decision to open shop in Zimbabwe. SnapTech which is headquartered in South Africa is an international firm which has been operating for 27 years with operations in South Africa, it also has presence in Kenya, West Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Europe and Australia. The company which is run by Zimbabweans had not opened an office in its own backyard prior to this announcement.