Siyabulela Lethuxolo Xuza was born on 1989 and is a South African scientist, energy-engineering expert and entrepreneur.
15 Facts About Siyabulela Xuza
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Siyabulela Xuza is the founder and managing director of Galactic Energy Ventures, an investment company focused on the energy needs of emerging markets.
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Siyabulela Xuza is the youngest member of the Africa 2.0 Energy Advisory Panel.
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Siyabulela Xuza was born in Mthatha, Eastern Cape in 1989 and attended St John's College in Johannesburg.
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Ten years later, at age 16, Siyabulela Xuza began experimenting with rocket fuel he made in his mother's kitchen.
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Siyabulela Xuza was invited to present his project at the international Youth Science Fair in Sweden in December 2006.
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Siyabulela Xuza was presented with the Dudley R Herschbach Award, an all expense trip paid trip to the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar, and attendance to the Nobel Prize ceremonies.
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Siyabulela Xuza was awarded a scholarship to the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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In 2010 Siyabulela Xuza was elected a fellow of the African Leadership Network, which aims to create prosperity in Africa.
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Siyabulela Xuza became a fellow of the Kairos Society in 2011.
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Siyabulela Xuza was invited to Mombasa, Kenya, to assist in finding sustainable solutions to economic and social issues facing Africa.
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In 2014, Siyabulela Xuza co-published work on micro fuel cells in the Journal of Electroceramics.
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Siyabulela Xuza was interviewed about this research by Phakamisa Ndzamela, financial services editor at Business Day, in which they discussed how the technology could be used in a power source to charge small devices such as cellphones and laptop computers.
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Siyabulela Xuza became Total South Africa's energy ambassador in 2015 and he was a guest speaker at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg in 2015.
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Siyabulela Xuza's brilliance has attracted great international minds to his work.