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Technology as an optional subject to my however, Dumba remunerated me at me to a few of his contacts”.I am
studies. We were taught by a teacher P700 monthly, of which I decided to save currently left with buying an engine,
called Mr Daniel. What he (Daniel) up P100 every month. By December, I mounting it, then I could work on the
taught us was survival skills using our had saved enough to start buying steel, breaking system and installation of
hands, nurtured our love for design and body kits and other parts. I also met a other electrical components. Finally I
to think on a broader spectrum. motorbikes mechanic, named Rock, who will I be able to pre-test the proto-type.
taught me how the bike mechanisms
The traumatic experience from ,y operate. I have since continued work on
mothers death in 2013 motivated me my 3-wheel motorbike during my spare The young Batlhophi laments
I eventually built a planter out of mild time up to this day. that, there are many people
steel round tubes and a bicycle wheel. In
2017, whilst doing form5, at Ledumang The idea of the motorcycle was initially with ideas that can change and
senior secondary school, I explored with just to show an act of motivation to increase wealth in Botswana
my imagination and designed a football young Batswana like myself that we can but, young people like him
with wood, for which I got position 2 in unleash our creativity. Until I recently lack motivation and adequate
the wooden category during the school attended one of our annual Youth Alive finances to realize their dream.
exhibitions. church Camps, where I met a young Therefore he is appealing for
entrepreneurs, who are also our Youth
For my final year school project, I Alive movement leaders, Kitso Fredrique any form of assistance he could
designed a biltong dryer. However, I did Hule of Rona Energy, and Luciano Editor get from anywhere, to make
not do well in my BGCSE academics. Madidimale who came to give us a talk his dream a reality. His other
The following year, in 2018, I designed on entrepreneurship. lifetime dream to one day build
a Tri-cycle motorbike (3-wheeled bike) I told Kitso about my project and he a Sand Master race car used in
with the help of my teacher Mr Ditiro started brainstorming a few ideas with the annual 1000KM Khalahari
Orekeng. Later, I was then introduced me about how I could turn this into a
to a certain man, Allan Dumba by my business and go the industrial design Desert Races (Mantshwabisi).
Godmother. The man mentored me on route (-Industrial design is a process of Therefore as the saying goes…
the welding basics at his workshop. design to applied products that are to “not everyone can be an
Initially I had not planned to work be manufactured through techniques of engineer but an engineer can
The story of Mogorosi Abdullah Batlhophi for money but rather for experience, mass production) , he also introduced come from anywhere…”.

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