MEFMI Fellows to Graduate Friday 24 July

MEFMI will be holding a graduation ceremony for Graduate and Accredited Fellows on Friday 24 July 2015.

The Fellows are drawn from MEFMI client institutions which comprise Ministries of Finance / Planning, Central Banks, National Statistics, and Debt management offices from eleven (11) MEFMI member states (Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

The Fellows Development Programme (FDP) is an accelerated expert formation endeavour of MEFMI that has been established to train outstanding regional officials at professional level, into experts who later serve as trainers and trouble-shooters in actual work settings in their countries and the member states. Fellows are a crucial component for creating long-term and sustainable capacity within the region which has proved to be an investment with a high rate of return. Currently MEFMI has one hundred and eleven Fellows, who over the years have saved the Institute and the region from utilising expensive consultants from overseas.

The graduation ceremony will see successful Candidate Fellows and Graduate Fellows receiving certificates from the guest of honour, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Dr Charity Dhliwayo. The 14 Candidate Fellows and eleven (11) Graduate Fellows went through final assessments on Thursday 23 July 2015, to determine their readiness to undertake the highly responsible tasks of being the men and women who will play a critical role in the continuous development of the regions’ economic landscape.   The Fellows made presentations on critical economic policy issues, applicable to the region.

The officials were assessed by regional and international subject area experts in macroeconomic, debt and financial management, led by Dr. Caleb Fundanga, MEFMI Executive Director assisted by Programme Directors and technical staff. The regional experts also included the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Dr. Charity Dhliwayo. Dr Dhliwayo is one of the long serving panellists who has greatly supported the programme. Other assessors are former MEFMI staff members, Mr. Alphious Ncube, Mr Charles Assey and Mr. Jason Kamweru.