When Tumisang Nkwe’s accountancy internship was not renewed due to job scarcity, he used his writing skills to produce accounting, business studies and economics study guides for school learners.
Nkwe, 27, of Taung, in North West, is the founder and CEO of TANE Education – an academic publishing company.
Titled Distinction, the books are available for learners in grades 10, 11 and 12.
The study guides are also available for mathematics literacy.
Nkwe, who completed his matric in 2012 at Pinagare High School in Taung with two distinctions in business studies and economics, published his first study guide in August 2017.
“After my internship ended with the department of social development in Rustenburg, I decided to do things I am good at. Back in high school, I used to write my own notes and give them to other learners. I decided to help kids by writing study guides,” said Nkwe.
The young entrepreneur said he wants to help other learners obtain distinctions in their subjects. “It was a good decision for me to write these study guides for the learners. I simplify the content for them. I give them hope. I give them a key to pass and improve their results,” said Nkwe.
“I am happy to be giving back. I am blissful,” he said.
His study guides contain “simple” answers to previous exam question papers and information in bullet-point form for the learners.
In the space of three years, his study guides have produced over 30 distinctions in accounting, business studies, economics and maths literacy from matriculants in Taung. This includes a learner who scored 100% in business studies and was named the top achiever for the subject nationally and provincially.
“I believe the prophecy came true. I have always wanted to produce a study guide to assist learners pass with distinctions. The prophecy came true. This makes me proud and encourages me to do more,” said Nkwe.
Victor Soul, a business studies teacher at Jerry Mahura Secondary School in Dryharts, Taung, said the study guides are great tools for business studies and accounting learners at the school.
“The learners themselves have mentioned that it simplifies the content and focuses on fundamentals which help them not to waste time with unnecessary information. The title of the study guide says it all,” said Soul.
Nkwe has sold his books to schools in Taung, Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom, Mahikeng, Bloemhof, Schweizer-Reneke, Kuruman, Kimberley and Jan Kempdorp.
TANE has an office located in a backroom of Nkwe’s parents’ home. The author has three business partners.
Nkwe said his goal is to have his own national bookstore and build schools of his own. “We want to own our schools so that we can distribute our study guides easier and be able to control the curriculum of the learners.”
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