South Africa: Student Entrepreneur's Digital Library Helps Children to Read

Competing in the 2020 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition, University of Cape Town (UCT) student Qhawe Bula and his team have developed a unique digital library comprising a series of read-along children's audiobooks written in South Africa's 11 official languages. This in an effort to change the way young children view literature and language, and to encourage a culture of reading.

The novel idea topped the business ideas category at the regional round of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition in July. The competition aims to identify top student entrepreneurs at South Africa's public universities, showcase their businesses and attract investors to their enterprises.

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