The Zimbabwean serial entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa has once again made history and flown the nations flag high. Over the years we’ve been accustomed to seeing him on the Forbes Billionaires List including this year’s list. However, this year he has become the first black man to be featured on the Rich List.
The Rich List is a list published by the Sunday Times and features 1000 of the wealthiest families that reside in the United Kingdom. Strive Masiyiwa has been residing in the UK for long enough to even be listed as British in the Forbes 2021 List as we covered in this article. It would seem that it pains the western world to associate such success with Zimbabwe that they now put Masiyiwa down in history as British. Or maybe not. We’ll let you be the judge of that.
Since its establishment in 1989, The Sunday Times has never had a black billionaire on their list. Strive Masiyiwa this year changed that norm with his current estimated net worth of £1.087 billion.
Although he is making such huge strides and gaining various accolades overseas, Strive Masiyiwa is still very much invested in the African nation. He is currently focusing on helping Africa’s 1.3 billion population receive sufficient coronavirus vaccines. Masiyiwa doesn’t end there. He is very outspoken about sharing his knowledge with the Africa for the sake of the continent’s development. We shared some of his advice regarding the problem with the African mentality here.
Masiyiwa’s most recent share was regarding the opportunity Africans often miss although we have the resources to take advantage of it. Check out the article here.
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