Three mistakes made by so many would-be entrepreneurs. Do your best to avoid learning the hard way.
I know there’s #ToughLove in some of what I’m going to write today, but if I don’t tell you these things [which I also tell my own...
Author : Strive Masiyiwa
Faith is nothing if there is nothing that demands it…
I remember like it was yesterday (30 years ago), driving into Harare and seeing newspaper billboards saying, “Masiyiwa’s dream crumbles…”...
Teach yourself to invest, Include your family in the Learning journey, too!
I have shared this story before: When I was at boarding school, one of my teachers decided he was going to teach some of us...
“Do you want power or do you want wealth?”
This was the question my mentor asked me when I went to see him about an investor’s offer to put money into one of my...
How do you solve a problem you don’t know you have?
One of the biggest challenges facing young entrepreneurs is that often they’ve had no prior experience working inside a successful company. They thus never got...
We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act
This image is a “selfie” of history being made! What might look like an unremarkable black and white photo is the shadow of “Ingenuity,” the...
See beyond the here and now! An entrepreneur moves ahead of the times
I’m always fascinated by people who see the value of something, only after others have seen it, and then rush to get a piece of...
Calling All Education Entrepreneurs!_The need to Innovate and Reimagine has never been higher
In my comments after last week’s post, I introduced you to two types of entrepreneurs that Africa desperately needs: 1) Food Entrepreneurs and 2) Mineral...
“Murphy” is mostly a mindset challenge…__Be prepared!
A few weeks ago many of you “liked” a comment that someone made, so I decided to reply in my post today. I won’t answer...
Learn to pivot, to survive (Part 3) – Let’s get practical, now!
So far no one has asked me yet exactly what I mean by the word “pivot” in the title of this series. You might think...
If you don’t Pivot to Digital in 2020, then you are no longer in business!
One of the most important things you need to get out of your mind is this notion that there are some businesses, such as tech...
Learn to pivot, to survive! (Part 1): Finding your place in a new industry
What do you do when you realize that there is a big change coming which can disrupt, change or put you out of business completely?...
Our own languages matter in the digital age… Or do they?
Someone asked me the other day why I thought it was necessary to make the Sasai App available in different African languages. “What is the...
Who is your market?
Let me start with a simple question: “Which is the bigger market, Nigeria (200m+) or Botswana (2m+)? Answer: “It depends on what you are selling”....
How can we tackle corruption and restore citizen trust?
Today I want to share with you about something very special and important that is coming up early next month. One of the founding members...
The skills of the future (Part 3): What is going to change the future of the world, “even more than electricity”?
Last night a friend rushed to tell me about a news segment she’d just seen on a Sunday news program called “60 Minutes” which broadcasts...