A South African academic, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, has indicated interest in helping to nurture a 14-year-old math genius.
The boy named Sibahle Zwane had displayed mathematical prowess in a video which went viral when he gave the accurate answers to each calculus question thrown at him.
Phakeng who watched the video, commenced a search for the bright South African kid, saying that she would like to pay the boy’s tuition.
14-year-old South African Math Genius, Sibahle Zwane. pic.twitter.com/h81ZEfFEiT
— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) July 6, 2022
She noted that Sibahle’s talent must be harnessed the right way so that he can use it to change the world.
Quoting the viral video, the professor wrote;
”Help me get the details of this brilliant Math genius, I’d like to help him study at @UCTOnlineHigh
School. His talent cannot be passed by!
I want to pay for his studies to make it possible for him to access good education to enable him to use his talent to change the world!”
14-year-old South African Math Genius, Sibahle Zwane. pic.twitter.com/h81ZEfFEiT
— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) July 6, 2022