Entrepreneur founds tech company from YouTube education | Rekord – The Citizen

Katlego Shiri learnt techpreneurship through watching YouTube videos. Photo supplied For some high school graduates, getting into institutions of higher learning for further study is often difficult, so they end up taking a gap year. But a north high school graduate defied the odds when he ventured into the ICT and tech industry after taking a chance on an experiment. Owner of an ICT company, Katlego Shiri (34) of Montana, shared his journey of how he went from getting an education on YouTube to owning a tech company at 22 years of age. After high school, Shiri said he did not study further because he didn’t know what he wanted to study. Shiri said for some income, he cultivated customers for his friend who worked for a tech company. Then one day, a local businesswoman wanted the friend to install a CCTV camera system at her pawnshop, but the friend was not available. “With no prior experience, I decided to take on the job. I used a free YouTube video to learn how to install the system and, after some trial and error at home, I successfully completed the installation.” Shiri said soon thereafter, another request came in. He then
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