female touch
“DON’T be afraid to dream,” says Vimbai Masiyiwa, the first black African woman to own a luxury lodge, at the age of 28.
Masiyiwa, a cancer survivor, dreamed of empowering local black African women, so she set herself the task of using tourism and hospitality to build sustainable livelihoods and improve the lives of Zimbabweans.
According to the owner of Batoka Zambezi Sands River Lodge, opening the lodges was prompted by a desire to use hospitality and tourism as a catalyst for social change and local economic
