Watching my mom raise us as an entrepreneur. It sparked so much passion in me to see a black woman under such difficult circumstances in a township running two businesses.

Our parents in townships, growing up, believed the best thing you want to do for yourself is get a government job with a provident fund. Manny township people remain in their comfort zone and get stuck there.

So I realised there's a huge opportunity to provide internet in townships, but now how do I get there? What are the resources? Obviously, I don't have the money, and the knowledge that I have is of different types of businesses. How do I then get into that space? So in 2017, I applied at Even Flow where I stayed for two years. I was there when they formed Octotel which was great, because by then I've found what it is that I want to do. I've decided it's internet service provision within townships and that's that.

You could end up spending R2 000 on data because there's not a set amount you can purchase that will be enough for your internet usage for the entire month. It becomes a financial burden rather than you wanting to pay for a service that you really need.

Duality keeps us apart and in stagnation in this country. It can be transcended by using connectivity to help people understand one another. Engaging differently with each other can lead to opportunities and progress.

The challenges that we are experiencing as South African entrepreneurs include barriers to accessing funding for projects that have an impact for our country. I thought, if I cannot get access to the capital, I can look at myself. I'll be the capital. My spirituality played a huge role in the process.

One of the business partnerships that stands out for us is with Octotel and their willingness to work with Sky Internet in the deployment of fibre in townships and identifying key areas for us to go into.

Partnerships for me are extremely important, especially the one with my business partner. He can see a lot of the things that I see but that I cannot put into words. He puts ideas into practical terms.

I always tell people in townships that you have to constantly work on yourself. So that when the perfect opportunity comes, you're prepared. So that saying about luck is spot on: luck is just preparedness meeting opportunity.

Internet is becoming like electricity and water, except that electricity and water are spaces that we'll never be able to tap into. It'll always be the government. One thing that we don't want to do is wait on the government for change and handouts. For us it is about how we can take the little bit we have today, put it to good use and then start creating the change over a long-term period. Everything now is tech, tech, tech, but what are we doing with the artists? What are we doing with the athletes? Sky Internet also supports non-tech community development programmes.