VITUMBIKO A. Z. MUMBA PR. ENG

Professional Civil Engineer, Associate Arbitrator, Politician, Pan-African, & Evangelist

VITUMBIKO A. Z. MUMBA Pr. Eng

Vitumbiko Augeans Zasamula Mumba is a servant of God who believes God blessed him with various professional skills for the sake of advancing God’s work through discipleship, evangelism, supporting other men of God and servant political leadership. He is a Professional Civil Engineer, Associate Arbitrator, Politician, Pan-African, Evangelist, and Teacher of God’s word. His slogan is “I don’t have Plan B, in any case, Plan B is enforcing Plan A” His vision is to plunder hell and populate heaven in whatever he does. His mission is to work on investments that will in the long run finance evangelism, missionary work and Pan-African ideas. He is a Presbyterian with a charismatic approach to the gospel and believes in the Apostles Creed. He is passionate about all forms of leadership that have meaningful impact on humanity. He strongly believes that economic and political emancipation in this day and age is mainly dependent on Christian morals and values. His values are spirituality (God), family, economic independence, integrity, equality, fairness, efficiency, commitment, charisma and compassion. Isaiah 43:1-4, Isaiah 61:1 and Jeremiah 1:10 are the verses where he draws his inspiration from. He does not have any role model but combines characteristics from a number of Pan-Africans and men of God.

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Biography

Birth

Vitumbiko was born on 28 May 1983 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre to Augeans Y.S. Mumba and Chrissie Phiri. His parents are both retired secondary school and primary school teachers respectively. He has two siblings namely Kondwani and Tiyamike. By the time he was born, his parents were staying in Chikwawa as his father was teaching at Chikwawa Secondary School.

Primary Education

In 1987, his father was transferred to Likuni Girls Secondary School in Lilongwe where they stayed until 1989. In November 1988 Vitumbiko started his primary school education at Likuni Boys Primary School in the same city. In 1989, there was a national call for all teachers from the northern region of Malawi to go back to the northern region. This was a directive from the then State President Dr. Kamuzu Banda dubbed “kwanu nkwanu”. His parents then moved to Ekwendeni Girls Secondary School in 1989 in the northern region district of Mzimba.

Vitumbiko continued his primary school at Ekwendeni Primary School and sat for the Primary School Leavers Certificate Examinations (PSLCE) in 1996. He passed but was not selected to go to Secondary School. After sitting for examinations under Synod of Livingstonia, he passed and was then selected to a church owned secondary school called Robert Laws Secondary School (Rolass).

Secondary School Education

In 1997 he started his secondary school education at Rolass until 1999 when the school was closed because of a student-led strike. He then went to Phwezi Boys Secondary School in Rumphi District where he did his Form 4 and sat for Malawi School Leavers Certificate in 2000. At Phwezi he made strong friendships that have lasted to date with Chiphunile Kachiwala, Kachulu Kaonga, Chimwemwe Mitengo, Goodrich Mughogho, Malani Nyirenda and Fally Nsombo Nkhwazi. He passed with 15 points and was selected to go and study Civil Engineering at The Polytechnic, University of Malawi in Blantyre.

Tertiary Education

In 2001 Vitumbiko started his first year at The Polytechnic, a constituent college under the University of Malawi, where he pursued his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He completed in December 2006 and graduated in February 2007.

Currently Vitumbiko has a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa.

Family

Vitumbiko got married to Grace Mumba (nee Zintambira) on 26 December 2009 at a colourful ceremony in Lilongwe. Together they have three children, two sons namely Dumisani (5 September 2011) and Chisomo (8 September 2013) and one daughter Dineo Mumba (6 March 2018). In addition, They have their niece, Sithembile Mumba, and nephew, Bright Katopola.

Vitumbiko went to work in Botswana in February 2009 and Grace joined him soon after marrying later the same year. They initially lived in Lethlakane and then moved to Francistown where Dumisani was born. In 2012 they moved to Gaborone where Chisomo was born. In December 2013, they relocated to Windhoek, Namibia where they stayed until March 2016 when Vitumbiko resigned to return to Lilongwe, Malawi, where they live currently and are engaged in self-employment. They plan to relocate to Mzuzu in the near future.

HOBBIES

Visiting historical places
Watching wild animals on TV and in their natural habitat
Listening to music especially Afro-Jazz and Country genres
Reading biographies of Pan-Africans

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16 YEARS
Experience

Personal Qualities

Versatile

Vitumbiko has worked in Malawi, Botswana and Namibia. He has worked for contractors as a Site Engineer, Site Agent and Contracts Manager. He has worked for consultants as an Assistant Resident Engineer and also for a client as a Projects Control Engineer.

Knowledgeable

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from The Polytechnic, University of Malawi. He holds an MBA from University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa. He has attended over ten refresher courses offered by various institutions such as South African Institute of Civil Engineers, Alusani, FIDIC, and Project Management Institute.

Involved

He is a professionally registered engineer with Engineering Registration Board of Botswana (ERB), and the Malawi Board of Engineers (BoE). He is a member of a number of professional institutions such as South African Institute of Civil Engineers(Associate Member), Society of Asphalt Technology (RSA), Association of Arbitrators (RSA) and Malawi Institute of Engineers (Corporate Member).

Managing Director of Mbwiwi Holdings

Mbwiwi Holdings Ltd has the following subsidiaries, Maula Pharmacy Ltd, The Brooks Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies Ltd (Wholesale), FinanceRite Ltd (Microfinance) and Mbwiwi Private Schools Lts (formerly Royal Private Schools Ltd). Mbwiwi Holdings Ltd has some shares in GME Insurance Brokers, and Business Consultants Ltd.

Director of Surge Infrastructure

Surge Infrastructure Development Ltd (Mw) which is a development arm of NWE Consulting Engineers in Cape Town.

2006 - Present

Experience

China Railway

2021

Since 2018, he has been consulting for China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation as an Individual Consultant focussing on business development

Grant Thornton & BLM/UNFPA

2019

In 2019 and 2020 he was engaged by Grant Thornton (formerly KPMG) as an Individual Consultant to carry out the Technical Audit component of the Financial Audit on selected roads in Malawi. Grant Thornton was engaged by the Roads Authority. Later in the year he was also engaged by Banja La Mtsogolo/UNFPA to design a clinic and supervise the construction works of the same.

Nedebe & Surge

2016

Vitumbiko returned to Malawi from Namibia after joining Surge Infrastructure Development Limited and Nedebe Group as a director. Nedebe and Surge have three (3) different Public Private Partnership Agreements with the government of Malawi which they are busy working on. As the locally based director, Vitumbiko is responsible for contract administration of these infrastructure projects which are currently on Financial Closure stage. For more information visit https://surgeid.com/dt_team/vitumbiko-mumba/

Roads Authority

2013

In December 2013 Vitumbiko relocated to Namibia where he joined the Roads Authority as a Projects Control Engineer. He managed various multimillion rands projects some of which were in billions like the Windhoek – Okahandja Section 4a Dual Carriageway.

Bash Construction

2009

In February 2009 Vitumbiko left for Botswana where he secured a job with Bash Construction as a Site Agent on the Lethlakane – Mmathsumo Road Project. He later joined Pula Consulting Engineers as Assistant Resident Engineer (Measurements) on the construction of Francistown – Ramokgwebane Access Roads Project. He then worked for Bango Trading Construction as a Contracts Manager where he managed multiple projects from tendering, execution and handover.

Mota-Engil

2007

2007, Vitumbiko worked for Liwenga Civil Engineering. The works ranged from construction of telecommunication towers, rehabilitation of dams and irrigation works to European Union labour based road project projects. Thereafter he joined Mota – Engil on Malowa – Goliati Road and Thyolo – Thekerani – Bangula Road.

LEADERSHIP

Vitumbiko recalls that leadership roles started while he was still in Sunday school. He was always chosen to be the class leader and custodian of Sunday offerings.

While at Robert Laws Secondary School, Vitumbiko held some leadership positions in a Christian organisation called Students Christian Organisation of Malawi (SCOM) as a drama master when he was in Form 2 and then Chairman when in Form 3. He was also a house prefect for Frazer Hostel which was the biggest dormitory.

When he went to Phwezi, he was co-opted into the leadership of SCOM despite that the leadership was already chosen. He was also chosen by the head teachers to join the three head boys to meet and negotiate with then director of the school, Chipimpha Mughogho on the impending strike by students. It was during this meeting that his Pan-Africanism agenda was strengthened. He also used to be a chairman of the Debate Club and most of the topics were political. This encouraged him to explore more on Pan-Africanism.

At Polytechnic, Vitumbiko was the Acting Chairman for BD-SCOM in 2002, then Travelling/Evangelism Coordinator for BD-SCOM before becoming the Vice Chairman. He then became the President of the Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) and member of various boards and councils within the university as an ex-officio member.

It was also at Polytechnic that Vitumbiko tested political leadership as he was the College’s Chairman for Peoples Transformation Party whose president is Kamuzu Chibambo. He joined purely because its leader was known as a staunch Christian. This is because of his belief that there will be no true political and economic emancipation in Malawi without establishing Christian morals and values. He continued to be its member after college but later ceased to be a member due to some personal reasons.

While at Broadhurst Assemblies of God Church in Botswana, he was the Board Secretary for the church.

Currently, Vitumbiko is the Regional Chairman (North) for SCOM and Secretary for SoL Holdings Limited which is owned by Livingstonia, C.C.A.P

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POLITICS

Vitumbiko has held or holds the following positions:

National Executive Committee Member of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) since 30th August 2024
Minister of Labour for the Malawi Government since 11th December 2024
Was a Director of Strategic Planning for the North-South Region Committee of MCP from April 2024 to 30th August 2024

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PAN-AFRICANISM

Vitumbiko is a member of Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute – KNII (https://nkrumaists.com) and United Pan-Africanist Movement (UPAM). He believes in one united African vision. He believes in the ideas of Thomas Sankara, Kwame Nkrumah, Thabo Mbeki, Patrice Lumumba, Julius Nyerere and Kweygir Aggrey.

While in Form 4 at Phwezi Boys Secondary School, Vitumbiko met Malani Nyirenda who was much ahead of Vitumbiko in terms of the understanding of Pan-Africanism. He was a great influence and prompted Vitumbiko to read more in order to understand Africa and its great sons and daughters. Fally Nsombo Nkhwazi and Goodrich Mughogho are other acquaintances at Phwezi that shared Pan-African ideas with Vitumbiko.

While in first year in college, Vitumbiko started reading biographies of various African Statesmen like Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyatta, Haile Selassie. Patrice Lumumba etc. He read some materials on a number of influential Pan-Africans like Kweygir Aggrey of Ghana, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois. This was made possible by one of his friends, Zizwani Khonje who used to have connections to where he could get books. He also used to discuss Pan-Africanism with friends especially his friend and confidant, Washington Chimuzu.

Locally, the articles by DD Phiri, in his DD Phiri Columns, have had much impact in terms of understanding Malawi’s history and current economic and political challenges.

As a Pan-African, Vitumbiko believes that for Malawi and Africa in general to prosper, there is need of the following:

Self-reliance and self-determination whereby Malawians no longer look up to external forces 100% to help them in their challenges.
External influence on Malawi’s economy will not help Malawians that much but self-diagnosis and prescription
There must be unity of purpose across the country regardless of tribes
Political leadership in Africa is not a source of employment but rather a way through which one can give back to his country through servant leadership
Political and economic emancipation in Malawi is highly dependent on levels of integrity, ethics, morals and Christian values

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EVANGELISM

As a young child, his father was his inspiration. He taught him and his siblings the word of God every evening. This started increasing his desire for God. At church, he made sure he attended the sermons by his dad. During one of these sermons his dad preached of Prophet Elijah. He went back home and read the whole story of Elijah and Elisha. This experience gave birth to his desire to become a servant of the Lord.

While pursuing his Secondary School education, Vitumbiko started to share the word of God in various fora especially SCOM. This continued when he went to college. He used to minister to secondary school students through SCOM and hospitals through Commando-Total Invasion Ministry. It was the approach to evangelism used by Total Invasion Ministry that challenged him to model his evangelism calling around Commando-TIM.

In 2017, Vitumbiko registered his Evangelism Ministry called Plundering Hell Populating Heaven Evangelism aimed at evangelising the gospel to rural areas of Malawi.

His passion is to see all rural areas in Malawi reached out to with the gospel of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

ASSOCIATED MINISTRIES

Student Christian Organisation of Malawi (SCOM) which has had an impact on him from Secondary School days until now. The current Training Secretary for the north, Sam Mayuni and the Chaplain for Khondowe, Austin Chirwa, have been Vitumbiko’s personal friends and have given him the necessary support that he needed to grow spiritually for a very long time and continue to do so. They have given him necessary tools and platforms to horn his evangelical calling. Tufwane Mwagomba, the then BD SCOM Chairman did not only identify Vitumbiko’s potential but harnessed it, nurtured it through one to one teachings and discussions. He has stood by Vitumbiko from college days to date. He has become one of Vitumbiko’s pillars not only in spiritual matters but also in general matters of life.

Total Invasion Ministry which impacted him during his days at college and shaped his evangelism idea. He was introduced to this ministry by Richard Sabawo. Later after college through the same ministry he met Ammiel Champiti who has helped Vitumbiko in shaping up his ministry leadership skills. Ammiel has persuaded Vitumbiko to pursue studies in evangelism and discipleship (offered by T-Net) which will impart necessary church leadership skills in Vitumbiko.

Faith Ministries International whose founder, Apostle Burton Chavula has been very helpful to Vitumbiko since 2013 when they first met. God used him to horn Vitumbiko as a servant of God. He remains an inspiration and source of encouragement. His love for Vitumbiko and guidance has been very overwhelming. He has been a mentor to Vitumbiko since 2013. Through Apostle Burton, Vitumbiko’s understanding of spiritual warfare and spiritual matters was taken to another dimension and is still being taken to a greater level. Vitumbiko believes God used Apostle Chavula to open his spiritual eyes and understand the Bible in a very different yet spiritually enriching manner.

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