Saki Mafundikwa is Founder and Director of ZIVA in Harare, Zimbabwe. MFA (Graphic Design) Yale University, and BA (Telecommunications and Fine Arts) Indiana University, USA. Twelve years Art Director experience, New York City: advertising, graphic design, publishing and New Media. Three years teaching experience: The Cooper Union, New York City.

He has lectured widely about design:
February 2002 : Intuit Lab, Paris, France. One week workshop on Kinetic Typography
October 2001 : Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts
September 2001 : Speaker, ICOGRADA (International Congress of Graphic Design Associations) Annual International Design Conference, Johannesburg, SA
September 2001 : AIGA National (American Institute of Graphic Design Arts) National Design Conference, Washington DC, USA (cancelled due to September 11)
September 2001 : ICOGRADA Conference, South Africa
December 2000 : International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Paris, France
November 2000 : “Graphic Artists from Around the World” show in Echirolles, France
August 2000 : Two Global Types with Erik Spiekerman,San Francisco, USA
January 2000 : Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia, South America
April 1999 : UNESCO Workshop in Graphic Design and Textiles, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
May 1996 : London College of Printing, UK
September 1995 : AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Design Arts) Bi-annual National Conference, Seattle WA, USA
April 1995 : Indiana University, Bloomington IN, USA
September 1994 : OBD (Organization of Black Designers) 1st National Conference, Chicago IL, US