Cuthbert Tembedza Email & Phone Number

Purchase, NY, US

We are driving the Digital Agenda for Governments across Southern Africa. In a world where distance has become a norm and cash dominates, there is a greater need for digitization now than ever, especially for the public sector where processes remain generally manual and less efficient in most countries. With increased buy in towards digitization from.

Purchase, NY, US

I was responsible for driving the BoP sector strategy across Southern Africa. I successfully engaged and partnered with Development Agencies, Governments, NGOs, Private Sector, Telcos and Banks to facilitate access to basic services (Financial Inclusion, Agriculture, Education and Health) for millions of marginalized people in the region. This created.

Munich, Bavaria, DE

General Manager, Chief Business Development & Sales Officer for the Mobile Security Business in the SA and SSA markets. Experienced Business Developer with a passion and experience Setting up, Developing, Growing and Managing Businesses in African Markets.My African Portfolio includes Banking, Payments Service Providers, FinTechs and Telecoms clients and.

Austin, TX, US

Mozido, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas; that designs, develops and provides mobile commerce and payment solutions globally. I was appointed to scout for new MFS New Markets and Partnerships for Mozido in SSA, Build the necessary Business & Financial Models and engage the Regulators in the prospective.

Built the Strategy, launched and grew the EcoCash Mobile Financial Service, Payments and Execution strategy across Econet’s 3 African Operations in Zimbabwe, Burundi and Lesotho. The Mobile Money strategy would see the separation of the Mobile Money business from the Telco Business and the introduction of a banking entity owned by Econet. This was an.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• BankservAfrica is South Africa’s ACH and Africa’s largest and oldest payments processing business. It is the sole SARB licensed payments processor with direct integration to the South African RTGS system for settlement.
• I owned the P & L for the Africa Business, Fin X Swift Bureau and Cash Management Services
• Developed the African Regional Strategy for BankservAfrica led the implementation of the same.
• Researched and developed business cases and plans for each African opportunity I identified in other African Countries for approval by EXCO and then a Board made up of Directors representing all South African Banks.
• Worked with a matrix structure that required close collaboration of the South African product Owners before committing to our African Customers.
• Objective was to build a distribution model of the BankservAfrica Products that included SASWITCH Card Services and the BankservAfrica EFT Services Among Others.

Washington, DC, US

Developed sustainable access to financial services for the poor and financially excluded. Was responsible for the Southern African Banking Programme Strategy covering all the 14 SADC region countries. Key highlights where Business Development, Managing Project Teams from the Client Banks and IFC environment, carrying out market surveys across the whole.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• Operationalise Corporate banking strategy for Financial Institutions Group Portfolios
• Own the Credit responsibility by acting as the link between Credit and Client.
• Maintain and Monitor client performance through regular annual review of client facilities and relationships.
• Develop a network with product houses and clients with the ultimate objective of maximizing overall client profitability (Treasury, FX, Guarantees, Bonds, Capital Markets, Transactional products, Lending).
• Develop tactics for achieving the set objectives in the unit both by client and for the portfolio
• Implementation of the CIB Client relationship management model across all CIB divisions

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Project Manage and successfully deliver process related projects within the financials services industry that included Banks and Government Departments. Providing leadership and user interface between specialized technical project teams and business teams.

US

• BancABC is a Southern African regional Banking Group with operations in 5 African countries. I Researched, Business Planned & Obtained Central Banks licensing in all the markets we targeted. The second phase was.
• Launched in 4 new African Markets of Zambia Botswana, Tanzania and Mozambique.
• Led the project to roll out the Flexi cube Core Banking System across all operations
• Researched selected markets & built the initial pipeline for each new operation
• Assisted establish the regulatory relationships for all new territories
• Support the Bank COO in the Management and Supervision of the new operations.

Certificate In National Payment Systems, Payments

Certificate In Project Management, Project Management

Mba, Finance & Marketing

Bachelor Of Business Studies (Hons), Finance, General