Telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has become Zimbabwe’s first billionaire and the 14th richest dude in Africa, according to Forbes.
Masiyiwa is worth $1.7 billion now.
The 56-year-old has battled a lot of odds to break into the Forbes rich list.
Born in poverty-ridden Zimbabwe, he moved to the UK as a child, studied in Scotland and has an engineering degree from the University of Wales.
He went over the next hump on returning to his home country where former President Robert Mugabe opposed his effort to set up a telecoms company Econet nine years after working in the industry.
The Econet Wireless group now operates in Africa, Europe, South America and the East Asia Pacific Rim.