Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) (Private) Limited has appointed engineer Cletus Nyachowe as group chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2026, the company said.
The appointment follows the restructuring of the ZESA Group into a single, vertically integrated electricity utility operating as ZESA (Private) Limited, the company said in a statement on Sunday signed by Board Chairman Albert Joel Nduna.
Nyachowe is an electrical engineer and business executive with experience in the electricity and telecommunications sectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Zimbabwe.
He is a registered professional engineer and a fellow of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers, the company said.
Nyachowe joined ZESA in 1988 and has held several senior technical and executive positions within the organisation.
He previously served as managing director of Powertel Communications, where he led the establishment and development of what the company described as Zimbabwe’s first data-focused telecommunications service provider.
He later served as executive director for group operations at ZESA Holdings, overseeing executive leadership and operational coordination across the group’s businesses. He also served as executive director for international business at ZESA Holdings.
Nyachowe has also been responsible for Zimbabwe’s national electricity transmission infrastructure and has undertaken consultancy work across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region on renewable energy and regional electricity market development, the company said.
He has served as a non-executive director on the boards of institutions in the banking, insurance and asset management sectors, as well as universities and regulatory bodies.
Before his appointment as group CEO, Nyachowe served as ZESA’s acting group chief executive officer during a period of institutional transition and restructuring.
The company said its board, management and staff had expressed confidence in Nyachowe’s leadership as he takes responsibility for the strategic and operational transformation of the newly integrated utility.
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