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Kwese and Strive Masiyiwa

Raising Entrepreneurs in Africa.

I recently got in touch with an Entrepreneur via his Facebook page. He posts articles weekly. Someone referred me about 2 months ago and since then, I have been hooked. Here is the link to his page. https://web.facebook.com/strivemasiyiwa/?_rdc=1&_rdr

The Entrepreneur is Strive Masiyiwa. He owns the Econet brand. when I hear the word 'Econet', I think of a GSM brand that ran away from Nigeria but there is more to that Story. The brand was forced out as a result of some corrupt practices by some government officials. James Onanefe Ibori comes to mind when I talk of this. 

Strive recently started the Kwese TV platform. Something like the DSTV where you have a decoder and a dish that receives signals. The company also has an app. If you search for Kwese TV on Google Playstore, you are sure to find it. 

Here is the reason for this.

There is a channel on the Kwese TV called Kwese Inc. It is all about entrepreneurship. There is no channel presently showing in Africa that rivals this. Not even DSTV matches up to this. I remember HiTV took over the sports channels by getting a license before DSTV could at a time but DStv took over about 2 years later. I believe this will be a strong point for Kwese TV. Imagine talking business or business related things all through. CNN launched the 24 hours News channel about 37 years ago.  Same with Kwese Inc. I would like to get the Kwese for the Kwese Inc channel alone. 



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