Bright Mutyandaedza is an archaeologist and cultural heritage management specialist with extensive experience in heritage and tourism development across Southern Africa. He works as a heritage and tourism development consultant with Savanna Heritage & Tourism Consultancy, providing technical advisory and project management services to public institutions, development agencies, NGOs, and private sector clients.

His professional expertise spans World Heritage Site management planning, heritage and environmental impact assessments, conservation planning, archaeological and heritage tourism development, visitor management planning, museum and archival administration, and heritage policy formulation. Bright has led and contributed to multidisciplinary projects involving feasibility studies, management plans, and stakeholder engagement processes at local, national, and international levels.

He has worked on major internationally funded heritage and tourism initiatives, including the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site Tourism and Development Feasibility Studies, implemented in collaboration with international consulting firms from Europe. His consultancy work emphasises community participation, sustainability, and the integration of indigenous knowledge systems into heritage and tourism development frameworks.

Bright holds a Master of Arts in Archaeology and an Honours degree in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Management, and Museum Studies from Midlands State University, Zimbabwe, and is a PhD candidate specialising in archaeology and agroecology. In addition to consultancy work, he serves as an archival and collections consultant for The Salvation Army’s Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Madagascar Territory Heritage Resource Centre and as a heritage and environmental advisor to Manyame Conservation Trust.

Ms. Thamary Mukuya holds a MA in Archaeology from the University of Zimbabwe and an Honours Degree in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Museum Studies from Midlands State University. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®.

Thamary has extensive experience as a Consultant on Heritage, Archaeological, and Tourism projects. She has worked on World Heritage Site development, including conservation management plans and the nomination of sites for UNESCO inscription.

Her research interests include cultural heritage documentation, preservation, and heritage tourism development. She is a member of PMI, ASAPA, and ZAPARD.

Thamary has worked on projects such as the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape and various management plans for South African and international heritage sites. Recently, she has worked on the Cango Caves Conservation Management Plan and the Robben Island Integrated Management Plan.

Humphrey Nyambiya is an archaeologist and PhD candidate with a focus on faunal analysis, paleoenvironmental reconstructions using fauna, and cultural heritage management. He holds a BA Hons in Archaeology from the University of Zimbabwe (2018) and an MPhil in Archaeology from the University of Cape Town (2021).

His research focuses on understanding human-animal relationships, subsistence strategies, exploitation behaviours, and past environments from Stone Age sites in South Africa.

Humphrey is a member of the International Council for Archaeozoologists (ICAZ) and the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA).