The 24-year-old emerged top of the pile in the City’s annual youth entrepreneurial challenge when the results were announced last night.
Colin Mkosi’s ‘Cloudy Deliveries’ was on cloud nine last night, when the business scooped first place in the City’s #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge 2021.
Cloudy Deliveries is a bicycle delivery service that does grocery deliveries for its customers in Langa. It operates on a similar basis as Uber Eats, but uses bicycles instead and can shop at virtually any business, big or small, depending on the customer’s needs.
Clients send their address via WhatsApp, a bike rider is dispatched to collect the shopping list, and ensures the goods make it back to the client.
‘Young people are innovative and creative, and often think outside of the box to find solutions, and these ideas only need the right guidance and support to grow. We have seen many such bright ideas again this year, and I extend my hearty congratulations to our winners, but every person who took a chance and entered the challenge. I wish them all the best for the future, and I look forward to seeing how their ventures grow and succeed,’ said the Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato.
Second place went to CellTech Academy, run by 29-year-old Dean Layman from Kensington. The business trains adult entrepreneurs and unemployed youth in mobile phone repairs, allowing them to gain a new skill set that they can use to start their own business and employ others.
In third place was 23-year-old Tshegofatso Masenya from Observatory with her GoShare crowdfunding platform for tertiary students in need of financial aid.
‘The ideas that were pitched this year are testament once more to Cape Town’s vibrant and talented community of young people who dream big, and apply themselves. Candidates who did not make it to the top three spots must not despair; the City will continue to work with them and develop their ideas so that they can reach success. The ultimate reward of the programme is to enable young people to achieve their dreams and to be truly innovative in a challenging economic market,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Zahid Badroodien.
Prizes this year include:
Cash prizes for the Top 3 winners;
Customised business support, mentoring and development for the Top 12;
Cellphones and/or tablets and data for the Top 12;
Access to meeting venues for 1 year;
Customised business branding and promotional materials.
The City of Cape Town extends its appreciation to the following sponsors of the #YouthStartCT Challenge 2021, namely Marmalade Productions, ACOM, Workshop 17, MTN, Seda, False Bay College Centre for Entrepreneurship (CFE), Little Bizhub and GRowthWheel South Africa.
Source: City Of Cape Town