Strive Masiyiwa

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1961 –

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Who is Strive Masiyiwa?

Strive Masiyiwa is the founder and chairman, of global telecommunications group, Econet Wireless. He currently serves on a number of international boards including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Advisory Board of the Counsel on Foreign Relations, the Africa Progress Panel, AGRA, the UN Sec General's Advisory Boards for Sustainable Energy, and for Education. He is a juror of the Hilton Foundation's Humanitarian Prize. He is also one of the founders, with Sir Richard Branson, of the global think tank, known as the Carbon War Room.

In 2012, when President Obama hosted the G-8 Summit at Camp David, he invited him to address the G-8 leaders on how to increase food production, and end hunger in parts of Africa.

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Born
1961
Zimbabwe
Spouses
Nationality
  • Zimbabwe
Profession
Education
  • University of Wales

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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