CAPITAL: The Voice of Business Issue 1, 2015 | Page 83

ENACTUS students, experienced businesspeople and community entrepreneurs see opportunities and work in partnership to solve business and social problems. Perhaps such an approach can start to put in place some of those missing rungs in the “ladder out of poverty” for communities in need. At the same time, it encourages the Enactus students involved to develop the applied knowledge, soft skills and practical experience that employers typically lament is missing from university graduates’ workplace preparation. For Mntungwa, the linkages are clear. Her leadership of the co-op has inspired her to apply to study project management. “Our goal is to have our own farm where we will be planting, packing our product and selling to the market. I need to know how to be a good leader for tomorrow.” Teaching innovative problem-solving to support entrepreneurial thinking — through a productive connection of people, knowledge and resources — is encapsulated in the Enactus philosophy: “Tell me and I will forget; show me and I might remember; involve me and I will understand.” Enactus UKZN Luvuyo Gushu (Mophela project manager) [email protected] Capital | Issue 1 | 83