Maud Chifamba

 

As of 2012 Maud Chifamba is known as the youngest university student in Africa. She was born in 1997 in Zimbabwe and was accepted to the University of Zimbabwe to study for an accounting degree at the age of 14. She began attending in 2012. Her degree was financed through a US$9,933 scholarship from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Chairman’s Charity Fund.

Aha nwanne ya nwoke nke tọrọ ya bụ Mukundi, ọ bụkwa afọ abụọ ka ọ toro ya. Maud bịara n'okpuru nlekọta nwanne ya nwoke, n'afọ 2003, bụ onye bizi n'ogige e kenyere ya n'oge mmemme mgbanwe ala n'okporo ụzọ Hunters, n'etiti Kwekwe na Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. N'afọ ahụ, ọ malitere klas nke mbụ na ụlọ akwụkwọ a na-akpọ Hurudza Primary. N'afọ 2005, mgbe ọ nọ na klas nke atọ, n'oge ule etiti afọ, e nyere ya akwụkwọ n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi, nke ọ nwetara 100%. Ka e mesịrị n'otu afọ ahụ, ọ tinyere akwụkwọ maka asambodo klas nke ise, bụ́ nke o nwetara akara kasị elu. Ọ gara n'ihu na klas nke asaa ma nwee ndị ọzọ anọ.[1] Ebe ọ bụ na Chifamba enweghị ego ọ ga-eji kwụọ ụgwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'onwe ya (ụlọ akwụkwọ) wee gụchaa ọkwa ya n'ime nanị afọ abụọ, na 2009. Ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka agụmakwụkwọ mechara mata ya ma nye ya enyemaka ego maka ọrụ ya dị elu, ọkwa nke isii na 12 kachasị elu na 2011, ọ gbakwara 12. Mgbe emechara akụkọ akụkọ mba ụwa, Zimbabwe Revenue, Authority awarded $ 3 Chifa. N'afọ 2013, Chifamba gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Zimbabwe, ebe ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ maka nzere bachelọ nke Accountancy Honors. [2] O dere ule klaasị nke asaa ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 10 na ọkwa A ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 13. [2]

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In 2007 Chifamba was named the best student under the most difficult conditions in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.  In December 2012, Chifamba was 5th on Forbes' list of Top 100 Youngest Powerful Women in Africa. She was mentioned in the Book of African Records as the youngest university student in the continent. 

In October 2013, Chifamba was a delegate at the launching of a Terre des hommes campaign for girls education in Rome, Italy. She has received various accolades during the years, and has curved a motivational speaking career out of her inspirational life story. She graduated with an Honours in Accounting from the University of Zimbabwe on 29 September 2016. Currently she is pursuing a Zimbabwe Certificate in Theory of Accounting (ZCTA) and graduated with a Masters in Accountancy from the University of Zimbabwe on 10 October 2018.