Creative Designer • Strategic Thinker • Community Builder • Motivational Speaker

Core Values:  Proactive honesty • Adding value into society • Being useful to others.

Zito Mbowa is a creative designer, strategic thinker, and community builder driven by a core belief: to add value. As Founder and CEO of Mbowa Holdings, an Eswatini-based holding company, he invests in building enduring communities through design, innovation, and meaningful conversations, like those fostered by the Untitled Discourse—a Mbowa Holdings initiative, creating recurring group discussions where people engage in candid, unscripted conversations about important matters affecting our shared human experiences.

His work is rooted in the principles of Design Intelligence and Community-Driven Development, leveraging both strategic design thinking and data-driven approaches. Zito operates with core values centered on proactive honesty, adding value into society, and being useful to others.

As an Executive Head of Design at Mbowa Design Lab™—a creative design and branding agency helping businesses evolve into irresistible brands through creative design, business diagnostics, and developing effective visual identity assets—Mbowa specializes in transforming organizations and communities with future-proof, target-responsive solutions. 

Beyond design, Mbowa is a passionate motivational speaker, sharing insights on success, well-being, and personal development to help people navigate life with ease and fulfill their potential. Furthermore, through the Joseph Mbowa Foundation, he empowers deserving students to complete high school, recognizing that no child should lose the opportunity to realize their full potential and add value to society.

Zito is always seeking innovative collaborations that create positive societal transformation. He approaches every challenge with a blend of proactive honesty and a commitment to service. If you share a vision for building lasting communities of value, let’s connect and create something impactful.