Vimbai Dzingirai

Biography

VIMBAI DZINGIRAI is the Chairperson and Founder of ZWAB.As one of Zimbabwe’s pioneering female crocodile farmers and an experienced agricultural entrepreneur, she provides strategic and technical leadership to the organisation. She brings over a decade of experience in specialised animal husbandry, including crocodile farming, organic poultry production, cattle ranching and piggery management.Her practical knowledge supports ZWAB’s work in promoting biosecurity, sustainable production systems and responsible wildlife-based livelihoods.She also leads ZWAB’s value-addition and industrialization agenda, with a focus on transforming primary agricultural and wildlife-based products into higher-value goods, including exotic leather products, oils, soaps, pet food, supplements and organic agricultural by-products.Through her entrepreneurship and market-development experience, she supports knowledge exchange between local farmers and potential regional and international markets, to strengthen the export-readiness and competitiveness of women-led enterprises in Zimbabwe.