There were no business arbiters to educate us or convince us to take the business path.
Our education system and the government does not really educate nor support Africans in pursuing independence, instead, it encourages the youth to depend on the government and white-owned companies.
That’s why they’d rather offer more apprenticeships instead of opening a platform where Africans can present their business ideas, or financial aid to grow their businesses or even seminars where aspiring businessmen and women can get thorough information about self-employment.
I believe the involvement of local businessmen and women would bring about a positive change in shifting the mindset of young people. There are too many talented and skilled young people in the townships who are depressed because they couldn’t obtain the required grades to be accepted at universities like most of their former schoolmates and they feel like they no longer have options.
Some end up pursuing a life of drugs and crime due to a lack of information or motivation. The business tips and the requisite information would be vital because it would help so many clueless young people turn their ideas and skills into meal tickets or help them achieve financial freedom.
I would like to see local businesses host seminars, maybe once or twice in a month where they could share business knowledge as well as important traits that one should possess in order to be successful in the business world. Gather motivation in local people to understand and support local businesses as well as all there is to know about self-employment.
It would also be great to see more platforms being opened for aspiring businessmen and women to present their business ideas and also receive financial aid for those who want to grow their businesses, if possible. We, as a black nation, need to empower, enrich and enlighten one another whenever we can.
We are all we’ve got and we are all we need to achieve our goal of being financially independent, as a nation.
Nzimy
Vosloorus
