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ISRAEL SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR DR RON FOR LOCAL WORKSHOP

By SILINDZELWE NXUMALO | 2023-01-12

Israel Serial Entrepreneur Dr Ron Adany will be in the country as the main facilitator for a technology oriented entrepreneurs workshop.

The tech entrepreneurs’ workshop will be hosted by the Lutfo Dlamini Foundation through their Eswatini- Israel Entrepreneurial Partnership.

The five day workshop is set to take place from February 6 - 10 at the Tums Water World Hotel. The theme of the workshop is “How to build a startup with US$100” and it is for tech entrepreneurs aged between 18-25.

Participants of the workshop will be taught on how to build and succeed with a start-up on a limited budget, how to gain hands-on learning and practical experience to develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed.

Researcher
Adany is a serial entrepreneur from Israel who also doubles as a researcher and lecturer. According to his LinkedIn social media account Adany has over 14 years of experience in start-ups foundation and management, Biz-Dev, and software R and D and he is passionate about start-ups, challenges, and new ways to create value using tech.

The details on the account reveal that he has co-founded four start-ups which include Alone Less which is a social platform for personal interactions among elders, Book Escape Room which is a global aggregator and booking platform of escape-rooms, Pricence which is a pricing intelligence solution for ecommerce websites and Automata Trader which is an algo-trading platform.

“My academic background includes three degrees in Computer Science (BA, MA and PhD) and one in Business Administration (MBA). I began my academic studies at age of 14, while at age of 25 I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science,” Adany disclosed in his account.

Founder of the Lutfo Dlamini Foundation, MP Lutfo Dlamini said his foundation existed to empower the youth so when he met the young stars from Israel in Morocco three months ago, he knew he had to bring them to Eswatini.

Developed
“When I met them, they explained to me as to how Israel developed economically and they wanted to pilot in Africa and to assist Eswatini tech entrepreneurs who wanted to start businesses,” he said.

Dlamini said, so far they had already received over 100 applicants and because they were only looking for 3, those would go through intense scrutiny with five expects in different fields until they had the 35 they were looking for.

“We are looking for young tech youth who are looking to become entrepreneurs who must have a laptop, have full understanding of the internet and afford to book at the hotel for the duration of the workshop,” he said.

He further urged the parents of the interested participants to assist the interested youth with all the financial assistance they would need.
“Parents must assist the youth because as a country we are fortunate to be receiving such help from our friends from Europe,” he said.

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