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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Masiyiwa Appointed to Netflix Board
263Chat, 17 December 2020
Zimbabwe business mogul and philanthropist Strike Masiyiwa has been appointed to the content streaming giant Netflix Inc board of directors as the company looks for new markets on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Netflix Adds Zimbabwean Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to Board of Directors
The Herald, 17 December 2020
Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who founded telecom giant Econet Global, has joined the board of directors at Netflix. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Netflix Adds Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to Its Board
New Zimbabwe, 17 December 2020
NETFLIX says it has appointed Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board. Read more »
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Africa: Netflix Africa Announced a New Partnership With Realness Institute
NexTVAfrica, 18 November 2020
Netflix and Realness Institute announced a new partnership to create an Episodic Content Development Lab for writers in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Read more »
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Africa: Netflix to Boost Subscribers in Africa With New Mobile Plans
NexTVAfrica, 30 September 2020
After five years on the Africa continent, Netflix has struggled to grow in Africa dominated by piracy, poverty and limited access to broadband. Netflix has come up with a cheap and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Sunu Gonera's Riding With Sugar Film Debuts On Netflix
New Zimbabwe, 9 December 2020
ZIMBABWEAN born award winning film director, Sunu Gonera's movie, 'Riding with Sugar' has made its debut on Netflix. Read more »
Netflix Adds Zimbabwean Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its Board
The popular streaming service has appointed Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board. Masiyiwa becomes the first African to join Netflix's highest decision-making body. Masiyiwa is the founder of Econet Group which has operations and investments in 29 countries in Africa. He is a former board member of the Rockefeller Foundation, and is also the chairman emeritus of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the African Union special envoy for the continent's Covid-19 response. Netflix has invested heavily in Africa, making efforts to extend its footprint and produce original content.
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The release of Queen Sono is to be the first of several African original series to premiere this year on Netflix. Over the last year, Netflix has started to invest in the creative community, bringing African stories to audiences around the world. Filmmakers say the move by the U.S. streaming provider could give a welcome boost to its film industry.
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Vaya Africa, founded by Zimbabwean mogul Strive Masiyiwa, has launched an electric vehicle service in the country as part of the company's rollout strategy across Africa. The company says electric vehicles will provide cost savings of up to 40% on the major running costs of fuel and regular maintenance, in comparison to vehicles that run on fossil fuels. Many global vehicle manufactures have been shifting towards electronic vehicles in a bid to curb carbon emissions from fossil fuel vehicles.
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