Stories of Hope: Episode 9 - Nontuthuko Sibisi
Nontuthuko Sibisi’s story: In this video, her mission in life is to light a torch for the people in her community. She found Edge Training and learned valuable skills from her New Venture Creation learnership. She also reveals how she opened her own company and got a bursary to finish her studies in psychology. Read about our Stories of Hope: Episode 9 below or watch the video.
“(00:34) My mission in life is to light a torch for the people in my community. My name is Nontuthuko Sibisi, I come from KwaXimba, Cato Ridge. I come from a very quiet but very unified community and I take pride in that. I went to Insimango Primary School but then I left for George Cato Primary from grade five until grade seven. Thereafter I went to Hillcrestt High, where I matriculated. After matric I already knew that I wanted to focus more on the entrepreneurial side of me so I put a pause on my studies, however I had a bit of trouble because I didn’t get guidance and knowledge on how to go about it.
(01:33) Fortunately for me after lots of exploring, I found Edge and got the opportunity to learn more through New Venture Creation, a qualification that’s offered at Edge. It broadened my knowledge and perspective on all the necessities of starting a business and the many different aspects of how to get funding and how to manage and structure my business properly.
(02:09) With the knowledge that I received from my learnership at Edge, my New Venture Creation learnership, I opened up my own company. My mission was to do what Edge has done for me, which is giving the knowledge and skills that are necessary to progress and to follow your dreams, your mission and your vision in life.
(02:33) At the moment I am finishing my Generic Management 5 learnership, which has helped me a lot and not only planting my seeds but also nurturing it to grow with the skills that I have learned, in terms of managing my company and the administration part of it.
(02:52) Now, having finished my Generic Management learnership, I have been offered a bursary to complete my studies and I’m going to be finishing my Bachelor of Arts, majoring in psychology through Unisa, and it’s all because of Eggerding for sponsoring my learnership.”
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