Living Life With No Limits

Recently the Standard Bank Swaziland donated new computers to one of the schools in the rural areas of The Kingdom of Swaziland. I was impressed by the bank’s generosity to help the country fight digital divide and empower those in the rural areas to embrace technology. Sammy Dlamini, Head of Marketing, challenged the pupils to take charge of their lives and understand that nothing was beyond their reach. What a statement? I hope those who were present will take time and do research and also learn about Web 2.0 so that they are not left out in the tide of technological advancements.

In my last blog I wrote about my lovely cousin who has departed from labor to reward. Even though my cousin went through so much but she never limits herself but fought a good fight. Having brought up in one of the rural areas of Swaziland I always felt inferior to those who were attending school in the city until one day I realized that I was complete and as capable as everybody else. Teachers will have to embrace technology by including activities in their classroom to enhance students’ educational experience. Today’s generation is visual and technologically stimulated so technology is the key in their learning process. There should be relevant activities to enhance the curriculum so that there will be no gap between those who attend school in urban areas and those in remote rural areas. All I am saying with technology at our disposal we should not make mountains out of ant hills let us be technology savvy and participate in the global world.

In my academic experience I have decided to study ICT and to see how it can be used to transform The Kingdom of Swaziland to achieve Political, Economical and Human Development. Some people are not happy with my route but the truth of the matter is I am more than happy and will still continue to use my technology skills to develop systems to improve the current situation in my country. Technology is currently underutilized yet is the key in achieving sustainable socio-economic development. In short I am on my way up and nothing will stop me. Benjamin Mays once said, "The tragedy of life is not failure, but low aim is sin or having no dreams to reach for." If I fail I will fail still fighting to better my community, my country, and my continent. Until then...Happy Thanks Giving!!!