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Amanda Matirekwe

Amanda Matirekwe (Mati- re -kwe); born February 1, 1987) is a Zimbabwean born entrepreneur ,Radio DJ, Master of Ceremonies and business consultant. She is the founder of the firm Amanda Jones Incorporated.

Early life Matirekwe was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, the only child born of the union of Desire Matirekwe an environmental scientist and Caroline Hungwe a television producer. Her name, Amanda is Latin meaning "worthy of love". Matirekwe spent the first five years of her life with her grandmother Agnes Tivinge in a small village in Masvingo, Zimbabwe before settling in the capital city of Harare.

Early education Matirekwe began to learn speech and drama at the age of seven .She left speech and drama and took up basketball as an after school sports activity with the goal of becoming a professional basketball player I the United States on a scholarship  but sadly her dream was never realized .While Matirekwe ultimately did not become a professional basketball player, she still practices often and plays with for recreation at her leisure.

High school and university education In 1993 started the first grade at Belvedere primary school. She proceeded to attended Guinea Fowl High school which is a mixed school in Gweru. After High school she was enrolled at the University of Pretoria and graduated in the top 15% of her class. In the year thereafter she completed her post graduate degree in Financial Management Sciences also from the University of Pretoria in South Africa

Matirekwe majored in financial management, business management and financial accounting. It was only after working five years for an Investments outsourcing company that her passion for business consultancy began to bloom and thus began the birth of Amanda Jones Incorporated. Matirekwe is also a motivational speaker and has featured on many radio shows as councilor mandy.