#EntrepreneurProfile Tawanda Nyambirai
🟤Born 24 October 1969
🟤LLB (UZ, 1992)
🟤Partner at Kantor & Immerman until 1998
🟤 Millionaire in his 20's, tobacco farmer, and one of Zimbabwe's biggest paprika farmers back then
🟤Played a key role in Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s 1998 IPO on the ZSE
🟤General Manager Corporate Finance at NMB Bank (2000 to 2001)
🟤Founded TN Asset Management in 2001 and later listed on the ZSE as TN Holdings Limited in 2009
🟤Co-founded Mtetwa & Nyambirai Legal Practitioners (2006) with Beatrice Mtetwa
🟤Sold 45% stake in TN Bank to Econet for $20M (2013)
🟤Acquired Arcturus Mine from Metallon Corporation (2017)
🟤 Bought back TN Bank (now Steward Bank) from Econet in 2025
🟤2010 Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year
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#EntrepreneurProfile Shingai Mutasa
🟤Born 26 November 1958
🟤BSc (Hons) Economics (University College London)
🟤Started as a commodity broker in a family business
🟤Founded Venture Finance in 1992 which he used to take over ZSE-listed TA Holdings in 1997
🟤Brains behind Joina City one of Zimbabwe's tallest buildings
🟤Founder & Group CEO of Masawara which was previously listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM)
Masawara portfolio 💼
🟤ZimNat, Grand Reinsurance, & Cresta Group of Hotels
🟤Dandemutande, Carenet Africa, Shumba Car Hire & Tatanga Energy
🟤Joina City, Sable Chemicals, & Minerva Risk Advisory
👉 What’s your favorite business move from Mutasa’s portfolio?
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Damn!!! The iconic Monomatapa Hotel is up for sale? Is this true ?
We had some great times at Mono's as we used to call it back in the day!
Memories were made at its Pool Deck,Wine Barrel ,12000 Horsemen and of course the shortlived power club,Bali Hai!
I pray whoever buys this iconic and landmark hotel improves the service and returns the hotel's warm,welcoming ambience we had become accustomed to back in the the 1980s!
#HISTORY
“The party is fighting itself, it’s eating itself up” - R.G Mugabe
“There are two major factions; one led by the Vice President - J. Mujuru and her husband, the retired General. The other one led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. Each of these factions are struggling to succeed Mugabe. What he (Mugabe) did not realize then is that there is now a 3rd faction led by him and him alone which wants him to stay in power until he dies” - Prof J.Makumbe
Is OK Zimbabwe about to Collapse?
I looked at the most recent financial results to see if the empty stores were a temporary glitch, as OK says, or if Zimbabwe’s biggest retailer is in danger of complete collapse.
Let's Unpack!
🧵THREAD🧵
To be fair on OK Zimbabwe — I have generally found their disclosures quite helpful in reading the business.
For example, last year I wrote a on how how their financial results were potentially confusing.
In their next results presentation they added commentary on the topic to clear things up.
I looked at their last results and it seems they were actually better than before with some signs of improvement (albeit from a very bad situation).
I will do another deep dive but I definitely wouldn't conclude anything based on the images online.