By Lisa Witepski
Coming up with a bright idea isn’t that difficult: people think of exciting new projects all the time. It’s implementing that takes hard work and, often, courage – and keeping them going that’s the real challenge. However, the entrepreneurs featured here have managed to do just that.
Take Stuart Ntlathi, for example. As founder of the Stuart Ntlathi Science, Engineering and Technology (SNSET) Institute, his major challenge has involved the perceptions people hold of science as a profession. In fact, his reason for establishing the Institute – which has its roots in an after school science club Ntlathi started when he was just 13 – was to immerse youngsters in the wonderful world of science and, in this way, get them thinking about the possibilities it offers.
“Most people view science and technology as something that’s inaccessible. They don’t realise that every time you heat something up in the microwave, or clean your house – that’s science.” The situation is certainly not helped by school curricula which fail to stimulate the interest that Ntlathi maintains science and technology deserve.
Nor is this perception problem confined to learners. Ntlathi laments the fact that, even at government level, there appears to be a lack of understanding of the full magnitude of all that science offers. As a result, potential investors may not fully grasp the importance of the Institute’s offering.
38 EDGE | November 2011
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