Published: 10 September 2013

Of course, the Zimbabwe Entrepreneurial history has got some very good case studies of Zimbaweans now in their prime who took their chances.

We probably all know of Strive Masiyiwa and the telecoms behemoth that Econet Wireless has since become (at least behemoth by Zimbabwean standards).

One would probably say, in the entrepreneurial and employment creation field, Econet Wireless is perhaps the epitome of a success story. In the same employer category is Divine Ndhlukula whose firm Securico employees at least 4,500 people on a diversified physical and electronic security solutions platform with a turnover in excess of $14m.

There is also Mighty Movies owned by Journalist Supa Mandiwanzira which began from humble beginnings. We should also remember that these guys once ran Rainbow Cinemas but were quick to realise that the business was going downhill with inflation and moved in to radio with ZiFM Stereo one of the most listened to.

Also in the tech and networks space is David Behr, founder of ZOL now part of Liquid Telecomm. Africom also did well in the early years but have somewhat gotten clouded with corporate governance issues (typical downfall for start-ups).
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