Aliko Dangote is currently the richest man in Africa with a net worth of $10.1 billion, holding this position for the past 9 years. Strive Masiyiwa currently hold the 19th position with $1.1 billion net worth. He fell from 12th position after losing half of his net worth from the Zimbabwean currency losing 95% of […]
The Big-Win Rule of Success
I watched an episode of Shark Tank some years ago. For those who don’t know, Shark Tank is a TV show where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business models to a panel of investors – otherwise referred as Sharks – and persuade them to invest money in their idea. In this particular episode, an entrepreneur had […]
Why Strive Masiyiwa is investing $100B to Build Africa’s Largest Data Centre in Nigeria
Dr. Strive Masiyiwa – the Zimbabwean Billionaire businessman, philanthropist and founder of Econet Global, is a well know figure among entrepreneurs and leaders in Africa and around the world. Over the last few years, Masiyiwa has devoted his time to mentoring the next generation of African entrepreneurs on Facebook. With over 5.4 million fans, Facebook identifies its […]
To Make 2021 better than 2020, Do these 6 Things
I was on a radio program recently and was asked how my company was affected by the COVID-19. I answered that compared to how majority of businesses were affected; we were not affected at all. In fact, 2020 could easily be our best year yet. Why would I say that? You see, I am not […]
How to Recover from a Financial Disaster
During the early years of starting my business, I moved to a rural community with one simple goal; to save enough money to relocate back to the city. To save up enough money, I help my income from my international partner for many months until it accumulates enough money to facilitate my relocation back to […]
How to Be Smarter with Your Money to Beat Inflation
In 2019, all it took was one government policy to wipe out half of Dr. Strive Masiyiwa’s net worth, Zimbabwe’s only billionaire. The Zimbabwean government banned the US dollar – which was the legal tender in the country – and introduced the Zimbabwe dollar. This resulted in hyper-inflation estimated at 737%. By the end of […]