Jonah Mungoshi

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Jonah Mungoshi (born April 2, 1968) is a Harare- based Success Coach, motivational speaker and Management Consultant. Through his company Success Unlimited (now Power of Purpose) Jonah has carried out consulting work for notable Zimbabwean companies and International Organizations.

Mungoshi delivering his speech at the 7 Arts Theater, Harare, Zimbabwe

Honors and Awards

Mungoshi is a world class communicator who in 2002 finished third at the World Championship of Public Speaking in Texas, USA with a speech titled “Crazy”. The world championship is held by Toastmasters International. Other notable public speaking achievements by include: Best Speaker in Africa 2002 & 2003 and Best Speaker outside North America 2002.

In September 2007 Mungoshi was honored by the Junior Chamber International with a "One of Ten Outstanding Young Zimbabweans" Award in the Personal Improvement/ Accomplishment Category

Jonah Mungoshi receiving his trophy for finishing 3rd at the World Championship of Public Speaking, Texas 2002

Guinness World Record Attempt

In April 2003 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records public speaking record, Jonah delivered a 36 hour speech titled "None But Ourselves" at the 7 Arts Theater in Avondale, Harare. Among the subjects covered in the speech where:

Finances and the Young
Achieving extraordinary success
Speed Marketing
Thought management
Leadership

Professional Experience

Prior to founding Success Unlimited, Mungoshi worked as the Deputy Director Marketing at CBZ, Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe the third largest bank in Zimbabwe. Prior to assuming this position he was the Head of Information Technology. In this role he was part of the management team that helped to turn around the fortunes of CBZ, which was born after the collapse of the local affiliate of Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).

Before CBZ he worked at another financial institution the Zimbabwe Development Bank, now known as the Infrastructure and Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) and Zimbabwe Alloys, a subsidiary of the Anglo American Corporation. Mungoshi has also worked as a part-time announcer/ DJ on Zimbabwe’s Radio One (now called Spot FM) and is the author of the book “Success Unlimited”.

Sign outside 7 Arts Theater indicating Mungoshi's Speech Record Attempt

Family

Mungoshi is a member of the Bahá'í Faith and holds a Bachelors degree in Business Studies from the University of Zimbabwe. He is married to Chenai and they have three children.

1 External Links
2 Bibliography
3 CDs and DVDs
- 3.1 External Links

[edit] External Links

Jonah Mungoshi Official Website
Wealth Creation Africa 'From Scarcity to Abundance', Wealth Creation Africa,
Jonah Mungoshi's Blog Wealth Creation Blog
Profile of Jonah Mungoshi on Facebook
Profile of Jonah Mungoshi on Myspace
Jonah Mungoshi on Youtube
Jonah Mungoshi on Zoopy
Follow Jonah on Twitter
BBC Article Hollow words for Zimbabwean
Sydney Morning Herald Smooth talker chats his way into record books
Biz Community Article Zimbabwean runner-up in 'Olympics of Public Speaking'

[edit] Bibliography

Mungoshi, Jonah (2003) Success Unlimited, Harare: Bernaby Publishing and Printing, 100 pages. ISBN 1 77926 001 6

[edit] CDs and DVDs

Mungoshi, Jonah(2003). Powertalk: Speaking with Sincerity and Passion
Mungoshi, Jonah(2008). Wealth Creation Workshop: Principles of Wealth Creation