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Masiyiwa echoes Mugabe's sentiments : 'Create own jobs'
06 Apr 2017 at 18:42hrs | Views
Telecom mogul and Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa today told graduates in South Africa to strive to create their own jobs and not look for employment.
Masiyiwa's comments came a day after veteran ruler President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabweans should create their own jobs in the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector instead of waiting to be employed.
"We want people to create jobs for themselves and not to wait to be given work. Create jobs and employ others, we do not want people who just cry for jobs. Let's have less tears and more sweat," said Mugabe on Wednesday.
According to South Africa media reports, Masiyiwa who began his telecommunications business with just $75 – spoke to the need for university leavers to create jobs.
"It is indeed true that I started business with only the equivalent of $75. In a few weeks, you will begin the journey that I started in an institution not dissimilar to your own. As hopeful graduates going into the job market, you will be aware that it is an extraordinary time because we have extraordinary challenges" he told Nelson Metropolitan University graduates.
"Perhaps it was a little easy for me with a fresh university engineering degree, as it will be for many of you, but still you will be going out into the job market. But where do the jobs come from?" rnews.co.za quoted him saying.
He added, "Where will we get the jobs, not only for our finest graduates, but for many others who will not get to university?
"They must come from you. You must leave today thinking about creating jobs, and not finding them. Your charge, your call is to go and create jobs. Whether it is with $75 or R75, we need an entrepreneurial revolution on this continent because it is the entrepreneurs that must go out and create jobs."
Masiyiwa's comments came a day after veteran ruler President Robert Mugabe said Zimbabweans should create their own jobs in the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector instead of waiting to be employed.
"We want people to create jobs for themselves and not to wait to be given work. Create jobs and employ others, we do not want people who just cry for jobs. Let's have less tears and more sweat," said Mugabe on Wednesday.
According to South Africa media reports, Masiyiwa who began his telecommunications business with just $75 – spoke to the need for university leavers to create jobs.
"Perhaps it was a little easy for me with a fresh university engineering degree, as it will be for many of you, but still you will be going out into the job market. But where do the jobs come from?" rnews.co.za quoted him saying.
He added, "Where will we get the jobs, not only for our finest graduates, but for many others who will not get to university?
"They must come from you. You must leave today thinking about creating jobs, and not finding them. Your charge, your call is to go and create jobs. Whether it is with $75 or R75, we need an entrepreneurial revolution on this continent because it is the entrepreneurs that must go out and create jobs."
Source - rnews.co.za/Byo24News
