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Five years in court against Mugabe’s government for a mobile licence: Strive Masiyiwa and Econet Celebrity Buzz Five years in court against Mugabe’s government for a mobile licence: Strive Masiyiwa and Econet Zimbabwean entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa founded Econet Wireless in 1993 and spent five years in court fighting the government's telecoms monopoly. After a final Supreme Court order in 1997, Econet launched in 1998 and grew into a telecoms and technology group across Africa.