One man has fed millions of people during their darkest hour.
One man has starved millions of people, while hoarding a Trillion dollars & telling us that we don't need money.
Elon's an asshole.
@LCabonena what gives these people the right to walk behind the counter and into a private office? Are they SAPS? or just a bunch of belligerent unemployable loudmouths?
I donโt know what else to do.
I need to be at Harvard by 10 August, and right now, I donโt know how Iโm going to get there.
Over the last few months, I walked 1,600 km across South Africa as a fundraiser to help me get to Harvard and to better understand the housing challenges my AI platform is trying to solve.
I built Ubuntu Home, an AI platform that helps families design and plan affordable homes. But I knew technology alone wasn't enough. I wanted to learn directly from the people I hope to serve. So I slept in people's homes, from shacks to rondavels. I listened more than I spoke. I walked through storms, learning how people build, where they struggle, and what a housing solution that truly works for South Africans should look like.
That journey, together with my work building Ubuntu Home, led to my acceptance into Harvard's Master in Design Engineering program. Only 25 people from around the world were admitted this year.
Artificial intelligence is one of South Africa's most critical scarce skills. My dream has never been to leave South Africa. It has always been to return with world-class AI and engineering skills to build Ubuntu Home into a platform that helps solve our housing crisis.
I reached out to the Office of the Presidency, who referred me to Higher Education. I was told they fund study only in specific countries, and the US is not one of them. I reached out to the Minister of Human Settlements. I approached @AbsaSouthAfrica, @StandardBankZA, @FNBSA, and other major organisations. I applied for education loans, but as an international student going to the US, I don't qualify in South Africa, and the international loans available cover only a fraction of the cost.
After walking 1,600 km across my country, I may have to stay home. Not because I wasn't admitted, but because I can't afford to go.
I feel like I've exhausted every avenue I know.
If you can help with funding, make an introduction, connect me to someone who might be able to help, or simply share this story, I would be incredibly grateful.
@PresidencyZA@HigherEduGovZA@The_DHS@AbsaSouthAfrica@StandardBankZA@FNBSA@SollyMalatsi
Let's not lose South African talent because of funding. Let's invest in the people who will build South Africa's AI future.
This is disgusting Megyn. I was going to address this by telling a disgusting story about you getting caught giving a blow job in the bathroom of Radio City in 2006 to someone who wasnโt your first husband and the origin of your nickname, (eye for an eye and all that). But, I think itโs easier just to let your words sink you. Gross evil racist.