MSU goes to London

MIDLANDS State University (MSU) will for the second time represent Zimbabwe at the Enactus World Cup competitions to be held in London in September.

MSU will represent the country after emerging as the overall winner at the national competitions held in Harare last week.

The Enactus World Cup competitions will be held from 26 to 28 September and the team will go up against 35 other national champions from 35 other participating countries.

Enactus is a community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a more sustainable world. MSU executive dean of students Mr Isheunesu Chaka said the team beat nine other universities, with the National University of Science and Technology and Bindura University of Science Education finishing as first and second runners-up respectively.

“We are going to London for the Enactus World Champion after coming tops during national competitions held in Harare last week. Working with the Senga community, the MSU Boost-Enactus team came up with two brilliant projects encapsulating the theme ‘Gold in Garbage’, that were aimed at alleviating poverty as well as uplifting the lives of project beneficiaries and the community at large.”

Mr Chaka said through both projects the team successfully created innovative solutions that also addressed waste management within the community.

“The first project ‘Our Home’ focused on Blue Hills Rehabilitation Centre and saw the team creating a vertical garden at the centre using PET bottles. Apart from enhancing food security, the project also taught the children at the centre invaluable artisan skills.

“The second project the ‘Tsapo Bag’, focused on an innovative thermostatic bag, which acts as a slow cooker, warmer and cooler and is made from 50 percent recycled materials. Several tailors in Senga, together with their families were taught how to make the bags using recycled materials,’’ he said.