Cynthia Mugwira - Jowa

Member of University of Zimbabwe Council

1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025 

Mrs Mugwira - Jowa is a Lawyer by profession. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce(B.Comm/ LLB) from Rhodes University in South Africa (Part fulfilment), and Honours degree in Law (LLB Hons) from the University of Zimbabwe, and a Master of Laws(LLM) from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and a Management of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Eastern Southern Management Institute of Africa (ESAMI). Mrs. Mugwira - Jowa has over ten years of experience as a legal advisor to the Government of Zimbabwe, the corporate private experience as a legal advisor to the Government of Zimbabwe, the corporate private and the Development Sectors. She has sat on several boards including her current seat as a PROWEB Trustee wherein she is the newly elected Second Vice President, a Member of the University of Zimbabwe Council where she sits in the Executive, Audit and Risk Committees. She is also a Member and Vice Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Association of Pension Funds and sits in the Executive and Legislation Committees.Cynthia is a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors of Zimbabwe wherein she also sits on the Legislative Committee. She is a Legal Committee member of the Women in Insurance Zimbabwe Board. In March 2021, she was appointed to the Institute of the Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe (ICAZ) - Insurance and Pension Funds Sub - Committee. Cynthia is the 2017 Zimbabwe Mentee for the prestigious Fortune 500 United States State Department and Vital Voices Women’s Global Mentorship Programme for young business executive women. 

She is the Director Legal Services for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA).She is the Director Legal Services for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA).Cynthia is also the Chairperson of the ZIMRA Staff Pension Fund, the ZIMRA NEC Management Representative and the Chairperson of the ZIMRA NEC Legislation and Credentials Committee.