Meet GES Delegate: Liberty S. Tazvivinga
Name: Liberty S. Tazvivinga
Twitter handle: @Libertythebest
Country of Origin: Zimbabwe
Organization Name: Witty Skills
Organization Website: www.wittyskills.com
Brief Description of Organisation
Witty by definition is to be clever, creative, intelligent, humorous, original and ingenious. Skills being the ability to do something with great expertise, sums up the definition of WittySkills, its a platform for current generation to explore ideas, concepts and talents to the benefit of human kind.
It’s a parent entrepreneur venture with many subsidiaries, launching different start-ups in different industries with diverse interests.
Currently there are ten subsidiaries, work with five Universities, eleven representatives across the world, five volunteered projects, done two charity programs and received five awards.
Founded & bootstrapped by two brothers, Kevin & Liberty Tazvivinga.
What inspired you to start this organization?
Liberty was the kid who talked about millennium bug at age 10, programmed in Q-Basic by age 16. Kevin repaired computers in teenage years. We were born entrepreneurs, in as much as we gathered the skills and knowledge for ourselves since being born in third world country came with unique challenges — access to latest technologies being number one.
We realised there are a lot of talented people out there.
Who also need both access and support structure to launch their products and services, that is how we launched WittySkills, an entrepreneurial platform for ourselves and the community at large.
What is the next big step you hope to help your organization reach?
WittySkills is expanding world-wide, increasing representatives from diverse backgrounds to raise tide of innovation. Next big milestone is to open offices and formal business structures as each subsidiary expands operations. Our building block — research & development starts product prototyping and manufacture in China, coupled with Tech development team, building apps & custom technologies to various clients across the world, visual animation and sound production subsidiary has lots of incredible productions in the pipeline. Just to mention a few, not forgetting our belief in people with incredible skills out there, who can surprise anytime with unprecedented ideas on this platform.
What has been your biggest obstacle as an entrepreneur ?
Main obstacle in our journey is lack of access to latest technologies and financing.
I always recall when I was a 16-year-old boy programming logic software in Q-Basic, if I had access to better technologies, I could have done better,
but nobody knew what I was doing and the school didn’t even pay attention. Access to better technologies in schools and a better curriculum are the main obstacles in third world countries which is why we volunteer to do seminars teaching local schools how to adopt better technology in the delivery of education from primary and high schools to Universities
What advice would you give other emerging entrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurial journey does not always come easy, and many times the world cheers only successful stories, but in reality there are many untold stories out there in the world.
Many times there is no one to cheer up the hard work when it gets tough, which is why believing in oneself is extremely important.
The journey really gets tough most of the times, and it is in those times the true entrepreneur survives the hardships, always prepare for success just as much as facing the down times. Times are quickly changing, the world needs true entrepreneurs now, more than ever.
