Dr Akutu Apollos Munyika

MBCHB (UCT), MMED Surg. (UZ), FCS (COSECSA), FACS (ACS), DMAS (WLH),
FMAS(WLH)

Dr Akutu A. Munyika is a specialist Surgeon with special interest in Minimal Access Surgery, based in Northern Namibia. He is the Managing Director of Ondangwa Private Hospital, one of the private hospitals located in north of Namibia, just about 100km to the
Angolan Border. Ondangwa Private Hospital is a 60 beds centre of excellence with a rapidly developing endoscopic surgical unit. Minimal Access Surgery is offered in General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynaecology, ENT and Orthopaedic surgery at Ondangwa Private Hospital. Dr Munyika obtained his MBCHB at the University of Cape Town in 2006. He joined the department of Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe end of 2009 and obtained his Masters in General Surgery in 2013. Dr Munyika attended several Minimal Access Surgery training, including but not limited to, IRCAD France (Strasburg), World Laparoscopic Hospital (India– New Delhi) as well as Laparoscopic short courses in South Africa. Dr Munyika has successfully conducted 3 basic laparoscopic workshops in Namibia. In 2018 Prof Zack Koto was the external facilitator (Northern Namibia), in 2019 Prof Damon Bizos was the external facilitator (Northern Namibia), and in 2022 he successfully conducted a Global Laparoscopic Advancement Program (GLAP) with SAGES in Windhoek (as a preCOSECSA Conference workshop).