Jonah Mungoshi, the Success Coach, is a 54 year old transformational leadership practitioner who specializes in assisting executive management to build high performance teams and transform
organizational cultures. He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies Honours Degree from the University of Zimbabwe. He is a world-class
communicator whose achievements in this regard include the following:
- 3rd Best Public Speaker in the World – Toastmasters International 2002
- Best Public Speaker outside North America – 2002
- 2nd Best Public Speaker outside North America – 2003
- Best Public Speaker in Africa – 2002 & 2003
- Impromptu Speech Champion for Africa – 2001 & 2003
Jonah is the managing director of FloodTide Investments (Pvt.) Ltd., a Zimbabwean based
leadership development company. He sits on the board of the Information Technology and
Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) based in South Africa and previously served as a non-
executive director for 8 years on the board of directors of Steward Bank in Zimbabwe.
In September 2007 Jonah was selected as one of ten Zimbabweans who received awards for
the Ten Outstanding Young Zimbabweans organized by Junior Chamber International (JCI) in the personal improvement or accomplishement category.
Jonah had two columns in the Financial Gazette between 2002 and 2008. He has been running
a weekly motivational radio programme on Zimbabwe’s Star FM radio station since 2013. He has authored and published a life-changing motivational book entitled Success Unlimited. His works have also been published in the Zimbabwe Institute of Management quarterly Management
News and in the Toastmasters International™ Magazine.
Jonah is the founding executive director of Empowered Life Trust, a non-profit making
organization registered in 2016, that has provided entrepreneurial training to over 2,000 young Zimbabweans to date through a programme called Youth Entrepreneurship programme (YEP) sponsored by CBZ Holdings. Through his Teen Breakthrough programme Jonah has been empowering teenagers and pre-teens with life skills since 2014.
In April 2003 he delivered a continuous 36 hour public speech in an attempt to break the
Guinness World Record for the Longest Public Speech. He has toured and delivered
presentations in many countries including South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Bangladesh,
Uganda, USA and UK.
Jonah has also facilitated workshops, provided training and keynote speeches to many
organizations including the following: Ernst and Young (Zimbabwe), USAID (Zimbabwe, Malawi
and Southern Africa Regional Office), Old Mutual, British Council, FBC Bank, Total, South African
Airways, UNDP, UNICEF, US Embassy in Zimbabwe, WK Kellogg Foundation (SA), Toyota Offices (USA), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (USA).
He has over 20 years corporate management experience mostly working for financial
institutions, rising through the ranks to occupy the position of Executive Director before venturing out as an entrepreneur.
Jonah’s life purpose is “to help people discover their potential and create wealth.”