• EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
• THE START OF ECONET
• ONGOING STRUGGLES
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Founder and chief executive officer, Econet Wireless Holdings

Nationality: Zimbabwean.

Born: 1961, in Zimbabwe.

Education: University of Wales, BS, 1983.

Family: Married Tsitsi (maiden name unknown; director, Econet charitable trust); children: four.

Career: Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, 1984–1988, senior engineer, then principal engineer; Retrofit Engineering, 1988–1994, founder and CEO; Econet Wireless Holdings, 1994–, founder and CEO; Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, 2000–, chairman.

Awards: Businessman of the Year, Republic of Zimbabwe, 1990; Manager and Entrepreneur of the...