Strive Masiyiwa’s next challenge Respected by world leaders ... Strive Masiyiwa (right) with Bill Clinton and his daughter NEW ZIMBABWE 19-08-2014 SPEAKING at a microfinance symposium in Turin, Italy, recently, Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa recalled the ruling by the judge who gave him a licence in 1998 saying that “70 percent of people in the country had never heard a telephone ring” The licence was granted after a costly five-year legal battle against the government.