Strive Masiyiwa

Roles in date order

1. Founder, Econet Wireless (Econet Group) Current

   Founder of the telecommunications group; Cassava Technologies (including Liquid Intelligent Technologies) is listed among his companies.^[1]

2. Non-Executive Director, Netflix Inc. Current

   Board member of the US-listed streaming company.^[1]

3. Trustee, Gates Foundation Current

   Member of the Board of Trustees.^[1]

4. 1996
   Co-founder, Higherlife Foundation Current

   Co-founded the family foundation with Tsitsi Masiyiwa, who leads it.^{[1, 2]}

5. 2003 to 2018
   Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation Former

   Member of the Board of Trustees.^[1]

6. 2010 to 2018
   Chair (co-founder), now Chair Emeritus, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Former

   Chaired the agricultural development organisation he co-founded with Kofi Annan.^[1]

7. 2014 to 2015
   AU Special Envoy for the Ebola Pandemic Response, African Union Former

   Special envoy role; also co-founding trustee of the Africans Against Ebola Solidarity Trust.^[1]

8. 2016 to 2024
   Non-Executive Director, Unilever PLC Former

   Board member of the consumer goods company.^[1]

9. 2020 to 2022
   African Union Special Envoy for Covid Response; head of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, African Union Former

   Led the continental vaccine-acquisition effort and signed the AVAT agreement with Johnson & Johnson.^{[1, 3]}

Sources

1. Strive Masiyiwa - Full biography as of 16 June 2026Econet, 2026-06-16, primary source
2. Higherlife Foundation (home page)Higherlife Foundation, 2026, primary source
3. Africa signs historic agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinesUN Economic Commission for Africa, 2021-03-29, primary source

Change history

• 2026-10-26 Record published.

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