Buyiswa Twala
Buyiswa Twala is a South African entrepreneur and the founder of Agrigreat Soiltech and Envirocare, an award-winning company that converts biowaste from townships into organic compost and fertilizers.
Quotes
[edit]- I think I was always a very ambitious person. I always wanted a little bit more out of the world. So even when I was in school, I always wanted to add extra things. [1]
- So for me with entrepreneurship, I’ll be honest with you, I wanted to be a pilot because I have a fear of heights. So every time I’m afraid of something, I like jumping into it so that I can get over that fear. [2]
- So being an entrepreneur for me, I think it started with problem solving because even when you get into business, they tell you it’s all about solving a problem.[3]
- It was just a startup, so there was no money, there was nothing, but I ended up enjoying it a lot. Then as I was working in that agricultural space, I saw a gap in the industry and a couple of issues in the soil preparation market.[4]
- There’s a certain problem you need to solve. So I saw that problem and I felt that, know what, I’m going to do something about it. I want to change the way farming is done because it’s so unsustainable and it’s destroying the environment and people are not having access to food because of it. [5]
- Whether or not I make it or I don’t make it, I don’t think anyone’s going to shoot me. So let me just go for it. [6]
