NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Roddy Chakaipa is the co-founder of SmartPrac. He’s a graduate of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) and Pixel Corps in San Francisco, where he received a diploma in graphic design and a certificate in digital production. He worked as a tutor and freelance artist for ZIVA before moving to San Francisco and working as a graphic/web designer at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, while studying web/motion graphics at Pixel Corps headed by Alex Lindsay. While in San Francisco he founded and was creative director of Frontline Studio. He then relocated himself and the business to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Recently, his focus has been on ideation around digital mobility for the health care industry.