Farai Kapfudzaruwa

Farai Kapfudzaruwa coordinates the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) initiative within UNU-IAS. The ESDA initiative comprises of three Master’s programmes in sustainable development and the Next Generation Research (NGR) project being implemented in collaboration with eight leading African universities. Farai is also responsible for coordinating a new initiative on African Youth Entrepreneurship in partnership with leading African Graduate Schools of business. From 2016-2017, Farai was a JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral fellow at UNU-IAS. His postdoctoral research focused on the 2030 Agenda (SDGs), with emphasis on governance and linking the global vision with national implementation strategies in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. Before joining the United Nations University, Farai was an Old Mutual Emerging Markets lecturer for three years at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town. In addition, he also worked as a consultant with UNDP and GIZ on projects related to inclusive business models, energy efficiency, environmental management and climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Farai Kapfudzaruwa holds a PhD in Business and Political Science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His dissertation explored the business contributions to climate change governance in areas of limited statehood in South Africa and Kenya.