adminNgoni Dapira Business Correspondent
THIS week’s focus will be on Zimbabwe’s own celebrated entrepreneurs. Over the years the country has produced several successful entrepreneurs whose businesses have not only had a local impact but some have gone on to have global footprints. The following is the list of 10 of the most successful Zimbabwean entrepreneurs suggested In 2014,. Although this is open to criticism, the suggested entrepreneurs have no doubt made their mark in the world of business in the country.
Strive Masiyiwa
He is the founder and chairman of global telecommunications group Econet Wireless. He has been named CNN Times and Fortune Magazine most influential business leader in the world and earlier this year he was named in Forbes Magazine’s 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa.
Shingai Mutasa
Manicaland-born Shingai Mutasa went from being a commodity broker to one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. He is the owner of TA Holdings, a diversified group listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and BP’s refined oil marketing assets in Zimbabwe. Mutasa is the man behind the tallest building in Harare, Joina City.
Phillip Chiyangwa
Phillip Chiyangwa is the founder and chairman of Native Investments Africa Group. The company has many divisions including ZECO, Pinnacle Holdings and Tsivo Holdings.
Divine Ndhlukula
Ndhlukula is the most successful female entrepreneur in Zimbabwe, she is the founder and managing director of DDNS Security Operations, the holding company for Securico Security Services, Canin Dog Services and Multi-Link P/L, an electronic security systems company.
Lovemore Mukono
Mukono is a technology entrepreneur, he is the co-founder and CEO of Mukonitronics which is one of the African leading technology companies. He also has investments in stock market, property and money markets.
Trevor Ncube
Trevor Ncube is a media entrepreneur and he owns Mail & Guardian, The Standard and Zimbabwe Independent. He is the chairman and deputy executive chairman for Alpha Media in Zimbabwe and Mail & Guardian South Africa.
Gidoen Gono
The former Central Bank Governor and former CEO of CBZ Holdings is now in the chicken breeding business. He runs a chicken farm the highly integrated Lunar Chickens in Harare.
Billy Rautenbach
Billy Rautenbach business venture involves trucking, car manufacturing, farming and mining in several African countries. His turned his family business, Wheels of Africa into the largest trucking company on the African continent.
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