Ken Sharpe set sights on Zim’s future

By Albert Masaka

MULTI- AWARD winning Zimbabwean philanthropist and real estate developer Kenneth Raydon Sharpe has revealed that his vision for a better and brighter Zimbabwe stretches 50 years and beyond.

Sharpe said this during a captivating Zim Community Trailblazers Awards acceptance speech where he scooped the Distinguished Businessman award.

The special guest of honour at the fourth edition of Zimbabwe’s biggest and most prestigious community awards was the secretary for Presidential Affairs in the Office of the President, Engineer Tafadzwa Muguti.

“I often say I am not building the Zimbabwe of today, I am a man of the future, I alive in 2050 and see it every day.

“That’s why I am not concerned about the today or tomorrow or even 10 or 20 or 30 years from now.

“I am looking at Zimbabwe in 50 years’ time and beyond that and I am very confident of that Zimbabwe.

The real estate mogul added that he was not selling properties but was selling hope in a better and brighter Zimbabwe.

“However to achieve that goal of supportive communities we need to stand together as one nation, one people driven by the same goal to leave a better Zimbabwe for future generations.” he added.

Sharpe, who is the CEO and Chairman of the board at West Property Zimbabwe, is also the first Zimbabwean to receive Forbes Africa Best of Africa Most Innovative CEO Award