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It was so great seeing @lukartsoriginal and @YolandaMzozoyan yesterday and how I met them at the first @NerdHouseZA session I was proud to be working on!

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To bigger and better versions of #NerdHouseZA! See you soon😉

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And that was our version of #NerdHouseZA 3.0! Thank you to all our speakers for your contribution to our cause

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"Apply your mind. You are as smart as the guy sitting in India or in Asia. Don't underestimate yourself" - @Elig43

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"Play to your strengths. It doesn't matter if your strength isn't regarded as intelligent enough. That which you have is enough to make you succeed" - @escapeforreason

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"In pushing yourself passed your limit, you challenge yourself. You always ask how and why can it be better" - @escapeforreason

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@escapeforreason and @Elig43 speaking about their experience in the 5-day @MIT Bootcamp Programme #NerdHouseZA

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"I was 1 of 2 black females out of 135 people as part of the @MIT Bootcamp" - @escapeforreason

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"The first 5 days of the Bootcamp consist of NO sleep. Assignments had to be submitted everyday at 3am" - @Elig43 speaking on the intensity of the @MIT Bootcamp

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"Crowdfunding has played a big role in raising funds needed to get to the @MIT Bootcamp and https://t.co/ybxbpjgjR0 helped me quite a lot" - @escapeforreason

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"It's not that people are not willing to give money, they need a valid reason" - @Elig43 speaking about how he needed (and managed) to raise $120 000 in 2 weeks for the @MIT Bootcamp

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Our final speakers are Kory Shukrani and Mark Akakpo! Successful candidates from South Africa that were enrolled onto the MIT Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for global innovators, entrepreneurs, and change-makers #NerdHouseZA

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"We want to change the spirit of learning instead of limiting it to a room with four walls" - @lukartsoriginal

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"My mission started with wanting to learn about countries that embed their culture into their education and that is how I ended up slum-teaching in India" - @lukartsoriginal

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Banele Lukhele born and bred in Pretoria fell into the business by accident. Hmmm this is going to be an interesting talk about @lukartsoriginal #NerdHouseZA

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Our next speaker for the day is Banele Lukhele, the Founder and CEO of @lukartsoriginal #NerdHouseZA

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To get in touch with The African Narrative, contact the Founder and Director, Yolanda Mzozoyana (@YolandaMzozoyan) on [email protected] or call [phone] or visit their website on https://t.co/PW6D7l0Vpm

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"Get children interested with reading by reading to them about something they relate to." - @YolandaMzozoyan

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"Our vision is to intensify before diversifying. Create an environment where children want to read. We are trying to make reading sexy" - @YolandaMzozoyan

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Our first speaker for the day is @YolandaMzozoyan from @AfrikaNarrative #NerdHouseZA