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Mbuso Kulube (b. on December 17, 1974 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a notable chartered civil engineer and web designer. He currently resides in Ireland. He is married to Esther and has one son, Nkosi.

Early life

Mbuso was born at Raditladi tribal trust land at a rural border village south of the town of Plumtree, and he grew up in Bulawayo , Zimbabwe. His father was Bishop Kulube a well known community leader in Plumtree. Among his accomplishments was working and studying his way up from a humble migrant worker in Bulawayo to becoming a leading internal auditor at the National railways of Zimbabwe and graduating with an MBA at Newport University. He died in January 1997. Kulube's mother, Doricy Ncube born in South Africa, is a qualified primary-school teacher. She teaches at Mhali Primary School, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Education

Mbuso studied at the University of Zimbabwe, in Harare from 1994-1997, and graduated with a BSc(Hon) Civil Engineering degree. He latter studied in Ireland for an MSc in Civil Engineering degree at Trinity College Dublin, from 2002-2005. He is a member of the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers, UK) and a chartered member of EI (Institution of Engineers of Ireland).

Carrier

Mbuso has worked on a number of major civil engineering projects and local authorities in a career spanning from Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Botswana and Ireland. His first love though is web design with knowledge of PHP, MySql, JavaScript and Ajax. LeaderPage.com is one of a couple of web design projects that he has worked on.

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Phil, New York, US – The home page does a lot of discredit to the site. There is a lot more after logging in which a casual visitor can miss out on. The site takes a couple of visits to get used to though. It can be daunting for the first time visitor.

Sean, Dublin, Ireland – What I like most about the site is that if offers loads of features under one roof.

Khaled, Birmingham, England – I liked the user visit counter on property listings. I could keep track of my property Advert. I am glad that its free because other sites charge a fee to list.

Rachel, Atlanta, US – I could not find a single advert under my area. I guess that’s because the site is still new.

Jane, Gauteng, South Africa – I am very cautious person but I can say that the privacy setting control suited me best because I could share my family photos with my brother in Australia.

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Interview, trivia

What do you hope to see in your lifetime ? I would like to see Africa emerging out of its poverty and political problems. There is so much potential it’s like untapped dynamite. We need a new generation of leaders who will put the needs of the common man first.

Is engineering practice different in Africa from Europe ? No. We all operate under similar professional environments. In Africa the budget is tighter and this encourages you to be more innovative to meet your budget targets.

What do you consider to be the most important thing ? I am a christian, and I believe that every person regardless of ethinicity comes to point in their life where they have to consider their purpose on this earth. Accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and saviour is it. You will be set for eternity.

Any advice to new web designers ? Take one step at a time. Start with a basic knowledge of HTML, then CSS and JavaScipt. PHP and MySql are good as a web server programme and database manager because they are free to download. For your web graphics a programme like Photoshop does the job. Ajax and other new social bookmarking technologies are cool features to improve on user experience. Finally do a bit of search engine optimisation.

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