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Miko Rwayitare (December 2, 1942 – September 24, 2007) was a Rwandan-born billionaire and the supposed father of mobile telecommunications in Africa. It is reported that he made the first cellular phone call on the African continent in 1986.〔(Rwandans mourn Miko Rwayitare ), The New Times, by Edwin Musoni, September 28, 2007.〕 He founded Telecel International, an African telecommunications company.〔(Celebrating Africa’s Unsung Heroes: Miko Rwayitare ), African Leadership Academy.〕 Rwayitare was born in Rwanda and educated in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) at the Collège Saint-Esprit and then Collège Notre-Dame in Bukavu and received an engineering degree in Germany at University of Karlsruhe in 1970. In 1996, he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. He lived in one of the city’s most expensive mansions on Sandhurst’s Oxford Avenue.〔(Cosy home for the very rich ), Times Live, by Simphiwe Piliso, 07 November, 2010 .〕 In 2001, he purchased the Mont Rochelle winery making it the first black-owned wine estate in South Africa.〔(Celebrating Africa’s Unsung Heroes: Miko Rwayitare ), African Leadership Academy.〕 He was also the owner of Hôtel des Mille Collines on which the Film Hotel Rwanda was based.〔Hôtel des Mille Collines〕 He was married to Consolatta Rwayitare and has seven children. ==External links== * http://www.telecel.co.zw/ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miko Rwayitare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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