Jenfan Muswere is a Zimbabwean politician who is the current Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services of Zimbabwe and a member of parliament.[1][2][3] He is the member of ZANU–PF.[4][1] He was appointed to the position on 11 September, 2023. Previously, Muswere served in the Ministry of Communication Information Technology, Courier and Postal Services.[5] Prior to his promotion as the Minister, he worked as the deputy minister in the same portfolio. His appointment came about when Kazembe was being reassigned to the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as Cultural Heritage on 8 November, 2019.[5]
Background
Early life
Muswere was born on 19 December 1981, in Zimbabwe. He is a descendent of Paramount Chief Chingaira Nakoni Muswere.
He did his primary at Victoria Primary School. He holds Masters of Business Administration in International Trade and PhD in
ICT , Performance n Governance and second PHD in Strategy, PPP mining investments.
He was born and raised in the family that supported the ZANU PF.[5][3][6]
Political career
1995–2017: First positions
Muswere started his political work as a member of Youth League in early 1995. He had held several positions including Secretary for Indigenization in the Harare Province before 2017. He later became the Vice Secretary of Finance in Manicaland Province as well as serving as the member committee for the Youth League.[7][5]
Muswere held the role of the Provincial Secretary for the ICT in Main Wing and is the member of Central Committee.[5]
In 2018, under Emmerson Mnangagwa in the Second Republic, he was elected as the MP for Makoni West, and served until 2023. He was then re-elected in the same constituency starting from 2023 to 2028. He was also part of Great Escape team and he attended the Politburo as an expert assistant on Blue Ocean Strategy.[8][5]
2018–2019: Ministries
Muswere was appointed in 2018 by Mnangagwa as the Deputy Minister for Postal and Courier Services and ICT. He was then later promoted to being the minister of Postal and Courier Services, ICT, with a serving term of from 2019 to 2023.[5]
2020s
In 2020, Muswere was appointed as the Chairman of Pan African Postal Union. After the elections of 2023, he was selected as the Minister of Publicity, Information and Broadcasting Services of Zimbabwe. During his term as the Minister of Postal and Courier Services as well as ICT, and some of his roles were achieved under the leadership of Mnangagwa. Such included the National Development Strategy 1, that focuses on the working Digital Economy, as well as ICT Policy for 2023 to 2028, Smart Zimbabwe Master Plan for 2020 to 2030, as well as the National Broadband Plan for 2020 to 2030. Other achievements included Cyber and Data Protection Act, National Learning Strategy, the Smart Health-telemedicine initiative, and the establishment of Data Centers and ICT gadget factories.[9][10][5]
He also had corporate career and worked as a Projects Executive, Head of Training and Business Technical, General Manager for Coal, Brick Investments, as well as holding of director positions in the construction, and transport, as well as the ICT sectors. Muswere also managed the infrastructure flagship projects worth of millions of US Dollars.[11][5]
