Professor Charles Nyoka completed his first degree at the University of Zimbabwe in 1987 before starting his illustrious career as a banker in 1988 as a graduate trainee with Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe.
During the same period Prof Nyoka embarked on the Institute of Bankers examinations which he successfully completed in 1990 culminating with him grabbing the then Grindlays Banks, prize for the best student in Management Accounting.
Prof Nyoka has worked as a Deputy Principal Officer for a large, self-administered Pension Fund, as an Investments Analyst for an Insurance Company, Group Treasurer for a large international bank and General Manager Treasury for yet another bank.
At personal level Prof Nyoka continued with his studies resulting in him successfully completing his master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1995. Prof Nyoka moved to South Africa in 2008 and joined Milpark Business School as a Facilitator before taking up employment with the University of South Africa as an Associate Professor in the Banking and Finance Department.
He has extensive practical experience in business empowerment programs as he worked with the European Community in Zimbabwe on small Business development and support programs where he facilitated empowerment programs in entrepreneurship, business management, financial planning, and basic bookkeeping.
His key responsibilities under the EU project were to establish reasons for small business failures throughout the country and recommend remedial activities which Prof Nyoka himself spearheaded in terms of implementation. The biggest finding had to do with lack of record keeping, product costing covering pricing and marketing. As a result, Prof Nyoka developed a basic bookkeeping program for small entrepreneurs which he then presented to identified members at identified platforms.
The other areas of concerns were management of cash flows and basic management principles and again to this end, Prof developed programs on cash flow management as well and basic principles of management. It also came to Prof attention that there was lack of understanding with respect to basic business risks and again to this end Prof Nyoka developed small pamphlets on business risk management which he shared with several participants.
In South Africa, Prof Nyoka was at some stage a resource person for Khula Enterprises where he provided mentorship to the unit clients of business management and basic bookkeeping processes. Prof Nyoka is a member of the economic society of Zimbabwe, a member of the South African Institute of Bankers and a member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Bankers. He is a qualified and registered Assessor and Moderator with the BANKSETA in South Africa.