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Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire joins Netflix board Zimbabwe-Entertainment-Netflix December 17, 2020 to 05:55 267 APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Global content platform and production company Netflix has appointed Zimbabwean telecommunications billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board of directors, the company said on Thursday. Netflix co-founder and co-chief executive officer Reed Hastings said Masiyiwa’s entrepreneurship and “vision in building businesses across Africa and...

Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of telecom and tech company Econet Group, to its board of directors. Masiyiwa’s appointment to the streamer’s board comes a week after Susan Rice, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said she was relinquishing her Netflix board seat to join president-elect Joe Biden’s administration as of Jan. 20, 2021. Masiyiwa, who has an estimated current net worth of $1 billion, he is the founder of Econet Group which has operations and investments in 29 countries in Africa and beyond which includes Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator; Liquid...

Netflix adds Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board Quartz 12/16/2020 Netflix says it has appointed Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board. Masiyiwa is the founder of Econet Group which has operations and investments in 29 countries in Africa and beyond includes Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator; Liquid Telecom, the pan-African broadband company and its subsidiary Africa Data Centres, the fast-growing data center company, which just raised $300 million from the US government’s development finance arm. “Netflix is at the forefront of...

NETFLIX says it has appointed Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board. Masiyiwa is the founder of Econet Group which has operations and investments in 29 countries in Africa and beyond includes Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator; Liquid Telecom, the pan-African broadband company and its subsidiary Africa Data Centres, the fast-growing data center company, which just raised $300 million from the US government’s development finance arm. “Netflix is at the forefront of bringing great entertainment from anywhere in the world to everyone in the world, an...

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