Dr. Cleopas Njerekai

Dr Cleopas Njerekai is a vastly experienced lecturer and practitioner in tourism and hospitality management in Southern Africa. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences in Zimbabwe. He is also the president of all the tourism academics in the country. Dr Njerekai has taught more than 30 tourism and hospitality management modules at different universities in Zimbabwe and in the diaspora. He graduated as the first 72 Mozambicans with an English-taught Tourism and Hospitality Management degree in 2009. He introduced the Master’s Degree program in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Midlands State University in 2010 and also introduced the same at Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences in 2024. Dr Njerekai also founded and introduced the Hospitality Management Degree at Botho University in Botswana in 2013. Dr Njerekai has been the Principal Administrative Officer for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Zimbabwe and also Industrial Liaison Officer for the University of Zimbabwe’s Faculty of Commerce. To date, Dr Njerekai has written and published 19 articles in tourism and hospitality management and has also made presentations at several national and international fora, including the Africa Travel Association. He aspires to be a professor in the field of Tourism.