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Who is Strive Masiyiwa?

Strive Masiyiwa

Telecommunications and technology entrepreneur who founded Econet Wireless and co-founded the Higherlife Foundation with Tsitsi Masiyiwa.

Identity

Full name
Strive Masiyiwa1 2
Also known as
Strive Masiyiwa KBE
Born
1961
Status
Active

Current roles

  • 1996 – presentCo-founder · Higherlife Foundation1 2
  • Founder · Econet Wireless (Econet Group)1
  • Non-Executive Director · Netflix Inc.1
  • Trustee · Gates Foundation1

Former roles

  • 2020 – 2022African Union Special Envoy for Covid Response; head of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team · African Union1 3
  • 2016 – 2024Non-Executive Director · Unilever PLC1
  • 2014 – 2015AU Special Envoy for the Ebola Pandemic Response · African Union1
  • 2010 – 2018Chair (co-founder), now Chair Emeritus · Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)1
  • 2003 – 2018Trustee · Rockefeller Foundation1

Evidence

  1. PrimaryStrive Masiyiwa - Full biography as of 16 June 2026Econet · 16 Jun 2026
  2. PrimaryHigherlife Foundation (home page)Higherlife Foundation · 2026
  3. PrimaryAfrica signs historic agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinesUN Economic Commission for Africa · 29 Mar 2021

Record log

26 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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