Prosper Bvumiranayi Matondi has extensive experience in rural development, environmental policy and planning. He holds a PhD in Rural Development and has founded and leads Ruzivo Trust, a Zimbabwean knowledge think tank. He has over 8 years of experience as the founder and executive director of Ruzivo Trust, where he provides strategic guidance. Prior to that, he spent 5 years as the programmes manager and policy analyst at the Centre for Rural Development at the University of Zimbabwe, coordinating programmes and engaging in policy analysis. He has also participated in establishing several other organizations focused on agrarian relations, land rights, and rural development in Africa.

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PROSPER BVUMIRANAYI MATONDI
PhD (Rural Development), M.sc (Environmental Policy and Planning), B.A. (Hons), B.A. (Gen.)
Contacts: Cell: 263-772-302953| Work: RUZIVO TRUST, 28 Greendale Avenue, Greendale,
Harare, Zimbabwe| E: prosper@ruzivo.co.zw; prosper.matondi@gmail.com|S:
Prosper.Matondi| W: www.ruzivo.co.zw
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Selected as the Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Water and Sanitation
Development (IWSD) from January 2016 to November 2017.
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the following: Barefoot Education of Africa Trust (BEAT) (2009 to
current); Zimbabwe Agriculture Competitive Organisation (ZACO) [proposed to replace the Zimbabwe
Agriculture Competitiveness Programme – ZIM-ACP (2013 to current)
• Founder of RUZIVO TRUST a knowledge think tank based in Zimbabwe, which is also driving the
Sustainable Livelihoods Forum of Zimbabwe, where I provide intellectual and strategic guidance to the
programme (2009 to current)
• Part of the founding team of the Centre for Rural Development at the University of Zimbabwe involved
in research, policy analysis and policy engagement (2004 to 2009);
• Part of founding team of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS), which is an independent
research non-governmental organisation promoting and articulating agrarian relations and land rights
of Africans (January 2002 to September 2003).
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
School, college and/or
University Attended
Degree/certificate or other
specialized education obtained
Date Obtained
Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences
PhD 2001
University of Zimbabwe Msc 1995
University of Zimbabwe BA (Hons) 1993
University of Zimbabwe BA (General) 1992
WORK EXPERIENCE
Position Years Total number
of years
Institution Responsibility Average
Number of
subordinates
led
Founder and
Executive
director
2009-
current
8 Ruzivo
Trust
Founder and Executive
Director leading the
organisation strategically
in all areas
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Programmes
Manager and
Policy
Analyst
August
2005 to
June 2009
5 Centre for
Rural
Developme
nt at the
University
of
Zimbabwe
Co-ordination of all
programmes that included
the development of a
community capacity
development programme
called the zooming model
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SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
1. Committee Member of the Regional Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnerships –
Southern Africa (GWP-SA) from January 2016 to 2018.
2. Board of Trustee of the Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD) from
November 2015 to November 2017.
3. Senior representative of The Netherlands Senior Experts (PUM) for Zimbabwe, appointed in
May 2015 to current;
4. Technical team leader of the Zimbabwe Land Studies in support of the World Bank and
European Union funded Project being undertaken by the Ministry of Lands and Rural
Resettlement of the Government of Zimbabwe
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS AS A TEAM LEADER OR MEMBER
1. Zimbabwe Team leader, endline evaluation of UKAID’s Mobile Cash Transfer Programme for
food insecurity mitigation in Zimbabwe in the context of humanitarian aid with the United
Nations University – Merit (UNU-Merit) the Netherlands, December 2015 to 31 March 2016;
2. Designed of a Five-Year Strategic Plan: Tongogara Refugee Camp for the United Nations
Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), November to December 2015.
3. Part of a team developing the Zimbabwe National Biofuels Policy for Zimbabwe, March to
August for the WWF-Zimbabwe and the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, March
to September 2015.
4. Part of a team on Water Resources Governance in the Limpopo River Basin, with Oxfam
Zimbabwe, 2014 to 2015;
5. Team leader for Beitbridge in Zimbabwe – Mopane Worms for Improved Income Generation
(MW4IIG), as part of the Resilience Africa Network (RAN) at the University of Pretoria, South
Africa funded by USAID, 2015-2016;
6. Scaling up Adaptation in the context of climate change in Zimbabwe with a focus on Rural
Livelihoods for Oxfam Zimbabwe Baseline project, May to August 2015.
7. Technical team leader: Six Land studies reports (land tenure, land valuation and
compensation, conflict resolution, land administration, Land use planning, and Land survey,
cadastre and registration) for the World Bank, 2014;
8. Market linkages and agricultural development in Mazowe, Goromonzi, Hwedza and
Marondera district. The project entails linking the private sector through selected value chains
jointly funded by Oxfam Novib and the Voluntary Services Overseas, on-going programming
work that I lead at Ruzivo, 2011-2014;
9. Land investments in Zimbabwe’s Chipinge district, leading a multi-disciplinary team of
researchers unpacking the issues and socio-economic impact of the ethanol investments, 2013-
2014;
10. Gender assessment of agriculture, for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and
Mechanisation Development and the FAO, Harare, Zimbabwe, December 2012 to June 2013;
11. A Study On Economic Activities For Community Reconciliation, How community level
economic activities in Zimbabwe can be used to contribute to community reconciliation and
reduced conflicts, for the Organ on National Healing and Reconciliation, Government of
Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, August to November, 2012;
12. Comprehensive Programme for the 2012-2015 Action Plan: Programme Design Methodology
Plan and Budget Estimate, for the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement, Harare,
Zimbabwe, January to March 2012;
13. Scope for empowering women through entrepreneurial development in the Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable sector in Zimbabwe; Production of a short documentary: “Bittersweet Dollar” is a 15
minute documentary that narrates the experiences of women involved in production and
marketing of fresh vegetables in formal and informal markets in Harare, Zimbabwe. January
to December 2012.