The founder of Econet Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa has been featured in several 2021 international lists. However, the billionaire was not identified as Zimbabwean but rather as British. As you might have expected, some Zimbabweans lost it.
Masiyiwa started of his year on a high note when he was featured in the 2021 Forbes Billionaires List. If you religiously follow this list you might know that this wasn’t the first time he made it to the list. However, this year’s list caused havoc as they identified the billionaire as British. We covered that sensitive issue here.
Recently, Strive flew the flag high once again. Not the Zimbabwean flag but rather the British flag. UK’s Rich List 2021 was published and for the first time since 1989 the list features a black person. Yes, you guessed it, that black person is Strive Masiyiwa. Once again, he was identified as British and Zimbabweans were hurt. We shared that issue in this article.
Strive Masiyiwa has corrected that error. In a reply to one of his Facebook followers who congratulated him for being the first British black billionaire on the Rich List he stated:
“Thank you, Joseph. Just one correction; I’m not British, I’m Zimbabwean. The article simply said the first black billionaire to live in Britain. There are many billionaires on the list who are residents of the UK, but not British citizens. To suggest that I’m British simply because on the list of a UK newspaper is the same as I’m an American since I have long appeared on the list of Forbes Magazine”
So, don’t you fret Zimbabweans, the billionaire is still yours.
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