Who Is Tsitsi Masiyiwa? 10 Facts To Know About Strive Masiyiwa’s Wife

Tsitsi Masiyiwa is a philanthropist and social entrepreneur who is from Africa. She has been devoting her life just to empower young people’s lives through quality education.

Through the work of her husband, Strive Masiyiwa, she began working in the field of Philanthropy in the early 1990s in the Zimbabwe telecommunications sector. 

In 1996, she founded the Higherlife Foundation, which enabled access to education services for more than 250,000 children. It has become one of Africa’s biggest scholarship initiatives. Hence, thousands of children have gone on to win tertiary scholarships to study at top universities around the world.

Name Strive Masiyiwa
Birthday January 5, 1965
Age 55
Gender Female
Nationality African
Profession Philanthropist
Married/Single Married
Husband Strive Masiyiwa
Children Moses Masiyiwa, Tanya Masiyiwa, Vimbai Masiyiwa, Sarah Masiyiwa, Esther Masiyiwa, Joanna Masiyiwa
Education Chishawasha primary school, University of Zimbabwe

10 Facts About Tsitsi Masiyiwa

  1. Tsitsi Masiyiwa’s information about income, salary, and net worth is still under review. However, her husband Strive Masiyiwa has a net worth of $600 million.
  2. Tsitsi Masiyiwa and Strive Masiyiwa has altogether six children; one son, and five daughters.
  3. Furthermore, she was born on January 5, 1965, in Harare Zimbabwe and her current age is 55-years-old.
  4. She attended both her primary and secondary school education at Chishawasha primary school. 
  5. While in school, Tsitsi was an enthusiastic hockey and basketball player and represented the schools of Zimbabwe at regional tournaments.
  6. Furthermore, she pursued her MBA degree from the University of Zimbabwe.
  7. Her husband Strive Masiyiwa is a founder and chairman of Econet Wireless International and has recently joined the Netflix Board of Directors.
  8. Although being a philanthropist and a founder of a non-profiting organization, Higherlife Foundation, she seems to be lacking a Wikipedia profile under her name. However, her husband has been featured on Wikipedia.
  9. After alleged cyberbullying by Zimbabweans, after tweeting something which attracted a backlash, Tsitsi Masiyiwa closed her Twitter account in December 2018 and is not on Instagram as well. However, she has an account under the name of her Foundation.
  10. As a matter of fact, she was appointed as executive director and head of Empretec Zimbabwe, a joint program sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Zimbabwe.
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