MASIYIWA POCKETS $100M IN ECONET DIVIDENDS

STRIVE Masiyiwa has pocketed close to US$100 million as dividend payouts from his investment in Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) since 2009, businessdigest has established. According to Econet Wireless Zimbabwe financial director Roy Chimanikire, the mobile phone operator has paid out US$180 million in dividends to shareholders since 2009. Masiyiwa, who founded EWZ in 1998, has comfortably