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HIT Vice Chancellor's Innovation and Scholarship Fund Receives Boost

HIT Vice Chancellor's Innovation and Scholarship Fund Receives BoostMore than $10,000 was raised at the second edition of the Vice Chancellor's Innovation and Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament which was held at the Chapman Golf Club on 23 September in Harare.

Over twenty companies and organisations participated in the tournament which was held to raise funds for the Vice Chancellor’s Innovation and Scholarship Fund.

The tournament format was the Four Ball-Better Ball Alliance and participants were drawn from the Institute's stakeholders, senior management and staff.

The Gifts and More team emerged the overall winners with 108 points, while the AMG Global Chartered Accountants team came second with 107 points. Tri Spirit team was on third position with 105 points.

Mr M. Haatendi of the Zimbabwe Newspapers Group had the longest drive to the eighteenth hole while Mr M. Pondaponda of Powertel had the nearest shot to the pinhole at the eighth hole.

Speaking on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Eng. Q.C. Kanhukamwe during the prize giving ceremony, the Dean of the School of Business and Management Sciences, Mr W. Gwarimbo said the Innovation and Scholarship Fund seeks to generate the much needed resources to realise the Institute's mandate as well as to position HIT as the leading institution spearheading Zimbabwe's technological revolution.

"I believe that with your support today and in the future, we will be able to reach our goal. Let me express my sincere appreciation to all our stakeholders who have contributed to this fund in one-way or the other. It is your support that will enable us to provide a conducive learning environment for our students," he said.

The HIT Vice Chancellor's Innovation and Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is held as a fundraising project and a platform to interact with stakeholders. Funds generated through the Golf Tournament are to fund intelligent but financially challenged students, Capstone Design Projects with the potential for commercialisation as well as procuring equipment for workshops and laboratories.
The inaugural Vice Chancellor's Innovation and Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament was successfully held at the Borrowdale Brooke Golf and Country Club in Harare on 29 May 2015.