Nobuhle Ndebele (24), Lindokuhle Nene (25), Reitumetse Nkhahle (26) and Gauta Matlou (29), four Ph.D. students from Rhodes University were awarded the top position in the 2019 Hult Prize Challenge for their electronic and electronic waste management system.
The 2019 Hult Prize Regional Summit held at the Brookhouse International School in Nairobi, Kenya.
University and College students from across the world were challenged to take on a social-entrepreneurship start-up that has the potential of creating more than 10 000 meaningful jobs in the next decade.
The four students created a Team E-Smart business model, which impressed the judges and saw them take the top position against 45 other teams from across the world.
This teams’ model aims to create job opportunities for the youth through a collection of electronic and electrical waste materials and further recycling, repairing or repurposing into new market products.
It is reported that Rhodes University was the only South African university repressing participating in the challenge.
