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In 1996, she co-founded the Higherlife Foundation with her husband, Strive Masiyiwa, in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Under her leadership, the Foundation has supported more than 300,000 students across Zimbabwe, Burundi, and Lesotho through scholarships and digital education initiatives, including the Ruzivo Digital Learning platform and the Muzinda Hub technology incubator, which has equipped more than 1,000 young people with coding skills.
