Sibonginkosi Moyo

Category: Youth Global Forum

• Youth Time Series: Part 4

  Posted at 11:42 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 1, 2020

  Entrepreneurship

  The Journey of entrepreneurship is one that is less travelled, but for those bold enough to start their own businesses, they can create opportunities and become wealthy. At the Youth Global Forum I met Rakesh Biswas and Suhas Gopinath who became entrepreneurs at a young age.

  

  Rakesh is the Founder and Chairman of International Youth Society of Eco-Friendly and Renewable Technologies(IYSERT), which has operations in eight countries. He is the youngest person to have applied for 7 patents in India. Rakesh won Best Suggested Project Award(Social and Quality Improvements in India) at the Rhodes Youth Forum in 2012 and the SAM Global Youth Award in 2014.

  Rakesh told me the importance of protecting my work through patents and giving back to my community even after I’ve become successful. We also had a good chat about his home state Rajasthan,where I had previously gone to for a friend’s wedding in the ‘Pink City’ Jaipur.

  

  Suhas Gopinath is the founder of Globals and HappyEMI.Globals is a Web Solutions company that grew to become one of the biggest analytics company for the Education and Public sector.HappyEMI is a digital lending platform based in India. Suhas was honoured as a young global leader at the World Economic Forum. His other honours include being a Member of France’s Young Leaders Club, being a Winner of the New York Mayor’s Venture Fellow and being a Former Advisory Board Member of World Bank. At the age of 14, he was the world’s youngest CEO and BBC did a documentary about him.Check the link below for the documentary: https://youtu.be/BZ3MrxuqYd8

  Suhas explained to me the importance of mentorship and knowing what mentor I need for the level that I find myself. He also encouraged me to take risks, and I found out that he followed Bill Gates to the bathroom to pitch himself(speak of being bold!). Interestingly, Suhas has been to my country Zimbabwe, where he did some youth projects with our former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara.

  

  If you a young person and you want to be an entrepreneur, go ahead and start your journey. You can never be too young.

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• Youth Time Series: Part 3

  Posted at 3:58 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Mar 27, 2020

  STEM For All

  Anza Tshipetane and Nnditsheni Netshimbupfe are two young women I met at the Youth Global Forum who are passionate about making a difference in their community. They are medical students from South Africa who run a non-profit organisation that helps children who want to pursue a STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) career. They were inspired to start Bright Young Leaders Initiative(BYLI) after realising that many children from African rural areas do not have opportunities to pursue a STEM career.

  Anza and Nnditsheni took part in the 2019 Youth Time Idea Grant contest and won the grand prize of 10 000 Euros. Being the Pan Africanist that I am, I took the victory as my own and celebrated with them and our other fellow delegate Warren who is also from South Africa.

  

  

  Some of the programs run by BYLI include a Rural School Innovation Camp and BYLI Science and Innovation challenge. You can check out their website to see more: https://www.byli.org/
  

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• Youth Time Series:Part 2

  Posted at 12:18 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Mar 26, 2020

  Mental Health

  Mental Health is an essential part of one’s wellbeing. The youth like everyone else can be having depression, anxiety, bipolar and other mental health challenges. While at the Youth Global Forum, I met Shinelle Bayrd, whose passionate about addressing mental health in her home country Guyana. A World Health Organisation report in 2014 stated that Guyana had the highest suicide rate at 44.2 per 100 000. That’s alarming for a country with a population of under 1 million people. After becoming aware of these statistics, I could now understand why Shinelle is passionate about addressing mental health in her country.
  

  

  In 2018, Shinelle was the winner of the Youth Global Forum Idea Grant, and this resulted in her creating a Wellness Centre. The Centre helps those with mental health illness by improving their mental, physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing.

  The youth can definitely be at the forefront of providing support to those with mental health challenges as Shinelle has done in Guyana. You can check out the Wellness Centre website: https://thewellnesscentergy.com/.

  

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• Youth Time Series Part 1: Have a Voice

  Posted at 9:13 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Feb 18, 2020

  

  At the Youth Time Forum, I got to participate in a group activity where we concentrated on Inclusive growth, and our focus was people being able to have a voice. If you ever find yourself as a minority, immigrant, or part of a marginalised group, you understand the importance of having a voice. If you are unable to speak out for yourself, there is a risk of being misrepresented in the media, and other people keep on carrying negative stereotypes due to their ignorance or misinformation.

  Some of our groups points of discussion included the following:

  -Freedom of Speech

  -Town hall meetings

  -A diverse representation in the media space

  Below is a summary of the discussion that our group had. Be a voice wherever you find yourself to speak up for yourself or for those who are not give a platform to speak.

  Summary

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