Strive Masiyiwa

Background

Founder & Executive Chairman of Econet Group (Cassava Technologies & Econet Wireless); Co-founder of Higherlife Foundation; Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate, Cardiff University; started first business 1986 - Companies: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Africa Data Centres, Cassava Technologies (incl. Cassava AI), Sasai Fintech, Telrad Group (Israel), 2degrees Mobile (NZ) - Awards: TIME 100 Most Influential in AI (Aug 2025); David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (May 2025 with wife Tsitsi); W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard (2024); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2023); World Food Prize Borlaug Medallion (2019) - Honorary Doctorates: Yale, Stellenbosch, Morehouse College, Nelson Mandela University, Cardiff University (Fellow)