Tresford Himanansa II

Tresford Himanansa is an entrepreneur and innovator in the fields of technology and social media. He, along with his first cousin, Clive Simanansa, is the co-founder and CEO of XyPNET, a technology company that specialises in developing digital platforms. Tresford's expertise in computer science and marketing were influential in the development of Amunzi, a social networking service.

Tresford holds a degree in Computer Studies from Evelyn Hone College.

Personal life Tresford Himanansa was born in Livingstone on 4 February 1987, the eldest child of Nicholas and Linah Haachilala Himanansa. He has two younger brothers and two younger sisters.

In 2010, Tresford founded XyPNET, a Software Development and Web Hosting Company from his bedroom, growing the company to working for over 200 clients. Tresford has been called the Bill Gates of Zambia as he spends most of his time writing code on his computer.

Amunzi Tresford founded Amunzi in June 2011 in his bedroom at his parents’ home in Ndola, Zambia. Tresford is responsible for all operations of the social network and setting the overall direction, product strategy and goals for the social network. He is the main man and leads almost the entire design of Amunzi's service and development of its core features, technology as well as infrastructure.

Accolades He has been called the Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Larry Page of Zambia by many media houses in his home country.