Elias Munapo holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics, an MSc in Operations Research, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics, all from the National University of Science and Technology (N.U.S.T.) in Zimbabwe. Elias has vast experience in university education and has worked for five institutions of higher learning. He was a lecturer at Zimbabwe Open University, Chinhoyi University of Technology, and University of South Africa. He became a Senior Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and then joined North West University as an Associate Professor in 2016 and has been appointed as a Professor since January 2019.rofessor