Both men were investigated for fraud in a federal probe linked to illicit use of state funds to invest in Zimbabwe telecoms pioneer Strive Masiyiwa's Econet/Vmobile company in Nigeria...
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Vol 62 No 25 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
' Strive Masiyiwa the AU's vaccine envoy said South Africa's consignment would be shipped out as fast as possible...
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Zimbabwe telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa who is leading the AU team to speed up vaccine distribution last week called on the top pharma companies to step up plans to build production in Africa...
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Vol 62 No 13 |
- HEALTH
- COVID-19
Strive Masiyiwa the Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon and one of the lead figures in the African Union's effort to speed up deliveries told Bloomberg News: 'Now is the time for Europe to open up its production facilities so we can buy vaccines… not a single dose not one vial has left a European factory for Africa...
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Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa is offering help including equipment to help fight Covid-19...
Strive's planOn the previous day Zimbabwean telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa called for urgent aid for his country to fight the pandemic...
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In this sector one emblematic story stands out: the rise of Strive Masiyiwa who established the globally successful Econet telecoms company in the 1990s but left the country in the 1990s amid political pressures...
Business leaders who used to help such as billionaire Strive Masiyiwa founder of Zimbabwe's largest mobile phone company Econet have deserted the party although MDC circles in Harare are hopeful he will give again...
Having dismissed Strive Masiyiwa (Chairman of Econet Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telephone operator) with Sten Rylander (former Swedish Ambassador) and Judith Garfield Todd (daughter of the late Premier Reginald Garfield Todd) who were all at the Johannesburg launch of Newsday Manheru sounded a warning to Econet on its possible plans for a toll-free news service...
