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May 31, 2013

In Happier News: 21-Year-Old Khayelitsha Local Makes The Forbes’ 30 Under-30 List

This young man has made it onto the Forbes Magazine's 30 Under-30 Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs List. A graduate of the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development, Sizwe Nzima collects and delivers medication to people.

This 21-year-old has made his country proud. Sizwe Nzima graduated from the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development in 2012 and now runs Iyeza Express in Khayelitsha. Nzima’s business delivers chronic medication to people using bicycles. Medication is collected from clinics and public hospitals and then delivered to his clients. There is a minimum collection fee of R10 per collection.

Nzima said:

My clients appreciate the privilege of their medication and other things being delivered while they’re busy with their own responsibilities. Some old people really feel that they are taken care of, considering their critical health problems.

His business venture, according to Forbes, is an “innovative enterprise.” A business that started off with Nzima delivering medication to his grand parents now has more than 250 clients.

[Source: Fin24]