Nyasha Kadenge
| Nyasha Kadenge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nyasha Kadenge June 21, 1985 Zimbabwe |
| Residence | Zimbabwe |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Citizenship | Zimbabwean |
| Education | Dominican Convent High School, Harare |
| Alma mater | Monash University, South Africa |
| Occupation | Accountant |
| Known for | Being the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ngezi Platinum F.C. |
| Successor | Yvonne Mapika Manwa |
Nyasha Kadenge is a Zimbabwean football administrator and former Ngezi Platinum F.C. Chief Executive Officer. She is among a few women football administrators who held highest positions at local clubs in Zimbabwe.[1]
Personal Details
Born: 21 June 1985.
School / Education
Primary:
Secondary: 2002 to 2003, Advanced Levels, Dominican Convent High School in Harare.
Tertiary: enrolled Bachelor of Business and Commerce, majoring in Accounting at Monash University in South Africa.
August 2021 to July 2022, graduated with a Master in International Sports Management with European Sports Business School in conjunction with the University of Valencia. [2] [3]
Service/Career
- Secretary-general, Harare Christian Soccer League. Known as the "Boss Lady or Iron Lady". She helped draft the Harare Christian League constitution and code of conduct.
- Aug 2017 to Jul 2018 - Treasurer, Methodist Church in Zimbabwe Borrowdale Society.
- Aug 2018 to Apr 2022 - Chief Executive Officer, Ngezi Platinum Stars FC.
- Jun 2022 to Jun 2022 - Trainnee Accountant, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
- May 2022 - Mar 2023 - Administrator, Self-employed, Zimbabwe.
- Mar 2023 - Jul 2023 - Chief Executive Officer, Fountain Gate Academy. Dodoma, Tanzania.
- July 2023 to October 2023 - Head of Finance, Singida Fountain Gate FC. Dodoma, Tanzania.
[4]
Ngezi Platinum Stars
Kadenge joined Ngezi Platinum Stars Football Club (Madamburo), a club that was promoted to the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League in 2016 and played a key role in setting up administrative structures at the club. She was instrumental in putting together administrative structures of the club and was one of the pioneer female leaders of a Premier Soccer League football team in Zimbabwe. She helped the club in coming up with well-crafted development strategies where they believed in developing raw talent hence their movement around Mashonaland West Province scouting for football talent.[5]
Kadenge left Ngezi Platinum Stars in May 2022 after almost six years at the helm. She was relieved of her duties following a disciplinary hearing whose findings were not disclosed.[6] Kadenge then briefly served as an administrator at Tanzanian outfit Singida Fountain Gate in Dodoma before returning to Zimbabwe.
ZIFA Chief Excutive Officer
On 8 October 2023, a report claimed that Nyasha Kadenge was set to be officially unveiled as the new ZIFA chief executive officer the following day.[7] It was further reported that Kadenge was initially not on the shortlist drafted by the ZIFA Normalisation Committee the previous week. She however, later got the nod, albeit controversially, ahead of Sheasham’s Violet Njubane, Liberty Maidza, Owen Mugwagwa, Yvonne Manwa and Luckson Muradzikwa. Njubane reportedly had the backing of FIFA’s head of development programmes for Africa, Solomon Mudege. Sikumbuzo Ndebele favoured Luckson Muradzikwa, Cynthia Malaba wanted Nyasha Kadenge and there were some who wanted Violet Njubane.
However, in a sudden and unexpected turn of events, a report on 09 October 2023 claimed that FIFA had rejected the appointment of Nyasha Kadenge as ZIFA CEO. FIFA reportedly insisted on a thorough background check being made on all prospective candidates for the CEO and other posts that ZIFA intended to fill, and from those background checks, it was established that in terms of FIFA ethics, Kadenge did not fit the bill due to her controversial departure from Ngezi Platinum Stars.[8]
Events
References
- ↑ [1], The Sunday Mail, Published: 10 March, 2019, Accessed: 23 June, 2020
- ↑ nyasha_kadenge21 on Instagram, Instagram, Retrieved: 9 October 2023
- ↑ Nyasha Kdenge, Linked In, Linked In, Retrieved: 9 October 2023
- ↑ Nyasha Kdenge, Linked In, Linked In, Retrieved: 9 October 2023
- ↑ Tadious Manyepo, [2], The Herald, Published: 29 June 2020, Accessed: 8 January 2023
- ↑ Tafadzwa Chigandiwa, Ngezi Platinum Stars replace Nyasha Kadenge, appoint new CEO, Nehanda Radio, Published: 18 May 2022, Retrieved: 13 October 2023
- ↑ Kadenge lands ZIFA CEO post, The Sunday Mail, Published: 08 October 2023, Retrieved: 13 October 2023
- ↑ NEW: FIFA reject Kadenge CEO appointment, The Sunday Mail1, Published: 09 October 2023, Retrieved: 13 October 2023
