Mrs Tsitsi Masiyiwa is a philanthropist and social entrepreneur dedicated to enabling young people in Africa with education opportunities and access to technology. During the last twenty years, the Higherlife Foundation, founded by Masiyiwa and her husband, Strive Masiyiwa, has, directly and indirectly, helped the education of more than 250,000 vulnerable and highly gifted students in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Burundi.
Inspired by her passion for technology and innovation, Masiyiwa developed an online smart learning platform, Ruzivo Digital Learning, which gives rich learning opportunities for students. Ruzivo delivers high quality primary and secondary school content that is aligned to national curricula. To meet the skill needs of out-of-school youth, Tsitsi also co-founded the Muzinda Hub in Zimbabwe, which leverages technology to develop digital skills, provide mentorship on business and secure jobs for its trainees.
Her foundation has become one of the largest scholarship program providers in Africa and thousands of children have gone on to receive tertiary scholarships to study at some of the top universities in the world.
In 2016, Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, honoured Tsitsi with a doctorate of Humane Letters in appreciation for the tremendous opportunities she continues to provide to both vulnerable and talented African children. She sits on the boards of PATH and END Fund and is a founding member of the African Philanthropy Forum.
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