Mr. Stephen Dihwa is the Executive Director at Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Coordination Centre. Mr. Dihwa has over 30 years of experience in the power sector. Started with Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) in 1988 and rose through the ranks to Business Development Director of the Transmission subsidiary up to 2007. Worked as System Planning Advisor in EdM (Mozambique) in 2007 and as Senior Manager responsible for Planning and then Renewable Energy & System Integration in NamPower (Namibia) from 2008 to 2012. Worked from 2013 to 2016 as a consultant Power Engineer for African Development Bank in Zimbabwe. Was Principal Director in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development of Zimbabwe from 2016 to 2017. Joined SAPP in December 2017.
Mr. Dihwa has an M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK; B.Sc. Engineering Honours in Electrical Engineering, University of Zimbabwe and Diploma in Management, Institute of Supervision & Management, UK.
Mr. Dihwa has professional membership as a Registered Professional Engineer, Zimbabwe Engineering Council; Fellow of Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (FZweIE); Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE); Member of Institution of Engineering & Technology (MIET) and Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.), U.K. Engineering Council.