Strive Masiyiwa, the founder of the Econet telecommunications group, is engaged in battles on many fronts To give credit to Strive Masiyiwa, chairman of Econet Wireless International, EWI, he has been practically living up to his first name in his business life.
The Zimbabwean has striven to build a telecommunications business empire that stretches from South Africa to Nigeria mainly out of shrewd investment savvy. But it may be easy come easy go for the entrepreneur as political opposition in one country and the expansionary ambition of shareholders in another threaten to whittle his spread. Currently, there is a sort of strife in the Econet soul.
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