The Future of Work: 

Where Technology intersects with the Creative: Trends, challenges and opportunities

Victoria Nxumalo

Moderator

Victoria Nxumalo is an award-winning ICT professional, entrepreneur, and global advocate for technology and innovation. With nearly 15 years of experience, she is a leading expert in digital transformation, technology consultancy, and startup ecosystem building.

Recognized internationally, she is the 2024 U.S. Department of State IVLP Impact Award Winner and the 2023 Megafest Southern Region Female Executive of the Year (Gold Winner).

Ronald Moyo- Panelist 

Arts Projects Coordinator -British Council Zimbabwe

Ronald Moyo, the Arts Projects Coordinator for British Council Zimbabwe, is an arts administrator and communications practitioner with 12 years’ experience working in the creative sector in multiple roles. He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Journalism and Media Studies, a Post Grad Special Honours Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation and is currently pursuing a master’s in strategic communications with the National University of Science and Technology. He led the establishment of a creative arts hub in Bulawayo and has coordinated various arts projects within British Council that have created new connections and audiences for artists in Zimbabwe, Sub Saharan Africa and the UK. He is passionate about creative entrepreneurship and influencing the growth of the arts sector in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole.  

Keith Kuhudzai -Panelist

Managing Director (Kay Media Africa)

A Consummate entrepreneur and starter of things, Keith Kuhudzai is the Co-Founder of Kay Media Africa, a multimedia company behind media brands such as  Comexposed   , Terminal One  and  Radiant Culture . Keith has over 18 years’ experience in the creative industry working in music and TV production, magazine publishing, events management, branding and advertising before cofounding Kay Media Africa. 

As a cultural producer, he has led the delivery of Scripts and Bars, an incubation programme for music and literature creatives in Zimbabwe, supported by the British Council and Swiss Embassy in Zimbabwe. For the last 10 years, Keith has curated Comexposed Converge ,the annual Zimbabwe Comic Book and Digital Arts Convention.

Chipo Chikara-Nyoni-Panelist

Chipo Chikara-Nyoni loves to provoke minds and bring joy and laughter through Drama. Performing and teaching have given her the space and platform to do so. Through teaching she has been able to help students grow in confidence, discover and nurture their own creativity. She is a PTP graduate of Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California (2014). Over the years she has participated in a wide range of theatre productions in various roles from acting to directing. Her most notable theatre appearances to date have been “Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe,” “The Memory of Water,” “Eclipsed,” “Sez She” and “Haywire.”

Tafadzwa Bob Mutumbi -Panelist

Tafadzwa Bob Mutumbi is an Actor, Director and Theatre maker from Harare, Zimbabwe. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Chenura Trust. He is a graduate of the Theory X Theatre Initiative’s 3-year acting programme in Harare, Zimbabwe, and the Dell`Arte International School of Physical Theatre’s MFA programme, Blue Lake, CA, USA.

He has performed in plays such as “The Convert” by Danai Gurira, "The Gospel of Othello" by Patrice Naiambana. “Broken” co-created and performed with Everson Ndlovu. He is currentlyworking on “Haywire” with Everson Ndlovu and Chipo Chikara-Nyoni.

Film and television credits include The Tinaye Wayne Show, Rutendo, and Masystems.

His directing credits include the plays “Ruvajena” By Virginia Jekanyika, The music theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice" (co-director with Juwon Ongungbe) ”Shrek the Musical, “Moana Jr Musical, Tut Tut! “Breathing Graves” (Devised), "There is a Field" by Jen Marlowe, “The Good Minister from Kunyarara” by June Carryl, and “Zuva Crumbling” by Lucian Msamati.