Vimbai addresses the difficulties of being a female entrepreneur within the tourism industry.
Vimbai Masiyiwa
CEO & Creative Director at Batoka Hospitality Group
Vimbai is the CEO and Creative Director at Batoka Hospitality Group. She wishes to use hospitality and tourism to create sustainable livelihoods and local economic growth, alleviate poverty and get people to a place where they can live at a decent human level. For her, this isn’t a profit-making venture but a social one.
As a 27-year-old, she’s preparing to open the doors of Batoka Zambezi Sands River Lodge, a luxury game lodge in Zimbabwe.
With Vimbai at the helm, Bakota Hospitality Group is also the first black female-owned Safari Lodge group in Africa.
About this Episode
In this episode, Vimbai talks about her journey to building the Batoka Hospitality Group and how she wanted to help the community build its funds and help people develop their economy. Moreover, she also addresses the difficulties of being a female entrepreneur within the tourism and safari industry, and shares advice about how people can make their journey smoother.
Tune in to an inspirational podcast!
“The level of poverty and number of people in poverty that we have seen, for me as well as anyone, is heartbreaking”
Vimbai Masiyiwa“Empower people to build ecosystems that provide for economic growth.”
Vimbai Masiyiwa
Show highlights
“We are very hospitable people. We love to serve. Africans regardless of which part of the continent you come from, you’ll find that Africans love to serve, and they love to make people comfortable in their homes.”
Vimbai Masiyiwa
“Taking up space and being confident in owning the safari lodge, being confident in being part of the industry and also just trying to pay the way to me.”
Vimbai Masiyiwa
Useful Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vimbai-m-47165916b/
The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/
