A South African academic, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, has indicated interest in helping to nurture a 14-year-old math genius.
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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.
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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.
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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
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