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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grew up in Limpopo, on the border of Limpopo
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.06,0:00:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mpumalanga, a little town called Motetema.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.07,0:00:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water and electricity supply are as unpredictable
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.62,0:00:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the weather, and growing up in these tough situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.89,0:00:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age of 17, I was relaxing with a couple of friends
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.41,0:00:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mine in winter, and we were sunbathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.96,0:00:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Limpopo sun gets really hot in winter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.15,0:00:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we were sunbathing, my best friend next to me says,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.33,0:00:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man, why doesn't somebody invent something that you can
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.38,0:00:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just put on your skin and then you don't have to bathe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.12,0:00:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sat, and I was like, "Man, I would buy that, eh?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.03,0:00:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went home, and I did a little research,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.56,0:00:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found some very shocking statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.99,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 2.5 billion people in the world today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not have proper access to water and sanitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.01,0:00:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four hundred and fifty million of them are in Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.13,0:00:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and five million of them are in South Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.90,0:00:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Various diseases thrive in this environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.44,0:00:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most drastic of which is called trachoma.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.79,0:01:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trachoma is an infection of the eye due to dirt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.59,0:01:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting into your eye. Multiple infections of trachoma
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.90,0:01:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can leave you permanently blind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The disease leaves eight million people permanently blind
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.32,0:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each and every year. The shocking part about it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.06,0:01:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that to avoid being infected with trachoma,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.76,0:01:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you have to do is wash your face:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.63,0:01:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no medicine, no pills, no injections.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.44,0:01:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after seeing these shocking statistics, I thought to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.35,0:01:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, even if I'm not just doing it for myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.70,0:01:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fact that I don't want to bathe, I at least need
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.41,0:01:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do it to try to save the world." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.05,0:01:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with my trusty little steed, my Nokia 6234 cell phone --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have a laptop, I didn't have Internet much,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.86,0:01:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for the 20-rand-an-hour Internet cafe —
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.80,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did research on Wikipedia, on Google, about lotions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creams, the compositions, the melting points, the toxicities --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did high school science --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.11,0:01:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wrote down a little formula on a piece of paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.85,0:01:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it looked like the KFC special spice, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.22,0:02:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was like, okay, so we've got the formula ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.71,0:02:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we need to get this thing into practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.46,0:02:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward four years later, after having written
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.45,0:02:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 40-page business plan on the cell phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.04,0:02:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having written my patent on the cell phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.14,0:02:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the youngest patent-holder in the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.83,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and — ("No more bathing!") —
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.73,0:02:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't say any more than that. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.34,0:02:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had invented DryBath, the world's first
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.08,0:02:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bath-substituting lotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.86,0:02:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You literally put it on your skin, and you don't have to bathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.20,0:02:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.58,0:02:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after having tried to make it work in high school
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.27,0:02:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the limited resources I had, I went to university,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.79,0:02:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met a few people, got it into practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have a fully functioning product that's ready
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.54,0:02:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to the market. It's actually available on the market.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.34,0:02:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learned a few lessons in commercializing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.27,0:02:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making DryBath available.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.69,0:02:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things we learned was that poor communities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.05,0:03:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't buy products in bulk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.31,0:03:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They buy products on demand. A person in Alex
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.79,0:03:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't buy a box of cigarettes. They buy one cigarette
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.18,0:03:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each day, even though it's more expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.59,0:03:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we packaged DryBath in these innovative little sachets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.24,0:03:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just snap them in half, and you squeeze it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.13,0:03:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the cool part is, one sachet substitutes one bath
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.81,0:03:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for five rand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.02,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After creating that model, we also learned a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of implementing the product.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.46,0:03:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We realized that even rich kids from the suburbs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.77,0:03:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really want DryBath. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.96,0:03:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least once a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.14,0:03:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, we realized that we could save 80 million liters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.76,0:03:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water on average each time they skipped a bath,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.89,0:03:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also we would save two hours a day for kids
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are in rural areas, two hours more for school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.89,0:03:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two hours more for homework,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.67,0:03:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two hours more to just be a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.52,0:03:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After seeing that global impact, we narrowed it down
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.17,0:03:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our key value proposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.53,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was cleanliness and convenience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DryBath is a rich man's convenience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.41,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a poor man's lifesaver.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.78,0:04:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having put the product into practice, we are actually now
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.25,0:04:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the verge of selling the product
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.29,0:04:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto a multinational to take it to the retail market,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.41,0:04:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one question I have for the audience today is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.93,0:04:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the gravel roads of Limpopo,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.20,0:04:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an allowance of 50 rand a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.55,0:04:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came up with a way for the world not to bathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.38,0:04:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's stopping you? (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.08,0:04:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not done yet. I'm not done yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.03,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another key thing that I learned a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.09,0:04:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout this whole process,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.44,0:04:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last year Google named me as one of the brightest young minds in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.53,0:04:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm also currently the best student entrepreneur
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.40,0:04:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, the first African to get that accolade,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.15,0:04:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one thing that really puzzles me is, I did all of this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.15,0:04:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because I didn't want to bathe. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.78,0:04:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause.)