Bathabile Mpofu a finalist in SA’s Small Business Awards

The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) recently announced South Africa’s Top 20 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Award winners and the finalists of the 2016 South African Small Business Awards.

Bathabile Mpofu, an MBA student at the UCT Graduate School of Business, was one of these finalists.

She won the 2016 Total Startupper of the Year competition for her educational creation, ChemStart. The science kit, which is put together by her company, Nkazimulo Applied Sciences, offers a fun experiment per week for the whole year for high school learners.

Mpofu, who is on a mission to improve the quality of science education, was also recently crowned Mompreneur of the Year 2016.

Story Chido Mbambe. Photo Je’nine May.

Caption: MBA student, Bathabile Mpofu, was one of the winners of South Africa’s Top 20 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Award.