SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Mr. Nyambe on Financing the Future of Higher Education
Mr. Ngenda Nyambe, Chief Executive Officer of the Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB), joins the panel on “Financing the Development of Modern Infrastructure in Higher Education.” With over two decades of high-level banking leadership across leading institutions, Mr. Nyambe brings unmatched insight into how innovative financial models can unlock opportunities for higher education.
As Zambia seeks to expand its universities and equip them for the future, voices like Mr. Nyambe’s are indispensable. His expertise in banking, governance, and institutional growth will drive conversations on how to finance not just buildings, but the very future of knowledge creation, innovation, and national competitiveness.
Register for the Higher Education Indaba here: www.hea.org.zm/inbaba
The inaugural Higher Education Indaba will be held from 8th to 10th October, 2025, at the Avani Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, under the theme “Unlocking Zambia’s Potential Through New Investments in Quality Higher Education.”
Hosted by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Indaba will convene over 400 leaders from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), industry, cooperating partners, civil society, and other strategic stakeholders.
About Mr. Nyambe.
(Biography courtesy of ZICB)
Executive Director & CEO, Mr. Ngenda Nyambe, is a seasoned and experienced banker with a career spanning over 20 years. He started his banking profession as a University Graduate Management Trainee in 1996 at Stanbic Bank and rose through the ranks, eventually working as a Director and Senior Executive at Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Plc, Barclays Bank Zambia Plc (now Absa Bank Zambia) and Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc. He has served in different roles in global markets, financial institutions, public sector, development organisations and commercial banking. He has also served in corporate governance positions as a non-executive director at Ecobank Zambia Limited, Indo Zambia Bank Limited, as well as other private and public sector institutions. Mr. Nyambe is a result-oriented person with a proven track record of surpassing targets in all organisations he has worked for and successfully contributed to the attainment of each organisation’s objectives.
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