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A 21 year old Zimbabwe entrepreneur worth US$28.8 million


From a distance, Takudzwa Razemba looks like another kid you would pass on the street without blinking. He wears jeans, sneakers and a backpack; he sips milkshake and hangs witi his friends. But in Razemba's backpack are big dreams and a business plan aimed at making him one of Zimbabwe's first tech billionaires within five years. Razemba, a 21-year-old sytems architect, is one of Africa's breed of technopreneurs-the hip ones with big ideas who make their fathers' generation sit up and take notice. He is a whiz kid who command respect. The award winning 21 year old Zimbabwean webpreneur, is one of the few people in the world to turn down a job at Google. "In August, I received a call from their office in Switzerland and was flattered as it has been my dream job for a long time. They said I could choose at which office in the world I would want to work. Unfortunately, I had to turn down the offer as there are still a few projects I am working on that enable young people to have an easier chance at doing business," he says.Razemba is as humble as he is influential. He has just returned from a trip to Malabo hn Equatorial Guinea, whe he addressed the heads of state at an African Union summit on youth leadership.According to Forbes magazine Takudzwa Razemba total value in terms of assets is now over $28,8 million. He is the founder of Orbz Investments Incorporated a company with investments in mining, retail, ict, hospitality, infrastructure and financial servicesAwards. At just 21 Razemba also has the Global Tolerance award from Friends of the United Nations in addition Orbz Technologies (Orbz Tech )won Best Product in the Young Innovators category at the AITEC conference this December in Nairobi, Kenya. Razemba is riding the wave. He is sharp and ambitious. His company is eyein Nigeria, Egypt and West Africa. It hasn't always been easy. His company's HQ is in South Africa with subsidiaries in Zambia, Malaysia, Botswana, Kenya, Dubai, Japan and Germany
Takudzwa Razemba- young Zimbabwean gets awarded for the Best Product of the Year in the Young Innovators awards held in Kenya on Saturday

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