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Bathabile Mpofu
I AM BATHABILE MPOFU…

THIS IS MY STORY

am the co-founder of of the best in class, but now long standing problem was me. OUR MISSION Our packages include online
Nkazimulo Applied Sciences, I felt like one of the worst. My first action was to go to To be the number one provider lessons, which will allow the
I a 100% African Black- This realisation shattered schools to demonstrate science of science kits for learners for both learner to interact with the
owned and managed science my confidence and severely experiments. But I realised that school and home education. content online, that will enable
equipment company. We help affected my performance. My this was not impactful as I was us to track how each learner is
young people become scientists poor performance subsequently the one doing the experiments OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SLG performing.
which they aspire to be. I am the led to my non-acceptance into and not the learners. Running a business is not
managing director of Nkazimulo medical school and my hopes of Consequently, I developed the This partnership started in easy, but partnering with SLG,
Applied Sciences and hold a BSc. becoming a doctor remained a concept of a portable science kit, 2019, where SLG registered our through their socio-economic,
Honours Degree in Chemistry dream. which led to the inception of my services to provide community
from the University of KwaZulu- company, Nkazimulo Applied schools with science resources. enterprise and supplier
development programmes,
Natal, and a Master’s in When I finished studying the Sciences in 2016. This partnership has directly helped us to expand in 2020,
Business Administration from undergraduate degree, I worked I quit my employment and impacted over 2000 learners in even during the tough times.
the University of Cape Town’s at the same university where I became an entrepreneur. The 2020. More than 2000 learners We are looking forward to a
Graduate School of Business. could see many students battling will benefit from portable
the same way that I did when I capital for the business came via science kits in 2021. The great 2021. 
I grew up in Nongoma where first arrived at university. I knew entering business competitions, teachers will be able to access
I attended primary school that just like me, this was not an of which I won quite a few. mobile science kits as well. The For more information contact:
and Ulundi where I attended issue of capability but because Nkazimulo Applied Sciences beneficiary schools are mainly Nkazimulo Applied Sciences,
high school. The education I many of these students were operates from New Germany, from the Molweni, KwaMashu Bathabile Mpofu
received from these schools using laboratory apparatus for the KwaZulu-Natal. and Pietermaritzburg areas. The T: +27 82 301 6726
didn’t prepare me enough for first time in their lives. schools also receive training E: Bathabile@nkazisciences.co.za
W: www.nkazisciences.co.za
tertiary education and I realised OUR VISION to better equip teachers to use
this, when I entered a science I thought that someone A South Africa, where every the science kits as they teach SLG
laboratory for the first time, must do something about this child has an opportunity to fall in learners. T: +27 31 812 0555
W: www.slgas.co.za
at university. I had never been problem. On the 25 January love with science and excel in it.
in a laboratory before and I 2015, in my MBA leadership We do this by providing science
was extremely intimidated lecture, the lecturer asked us kits, that can be used at school
and woefully unprepared what type of leaders did we and at home so that learners can
for what I saw. In my high want to be? Then it hit me, that discover science and perform
school, I was considered one the right person to address this science experiments.

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