Zululander grabs FameLab title
Born and bred Eshowe resident Nozipho Gumbi walked away the winner of the prestigious FameLab SA title
A GLITTERING finale of the South African leg of the International FameLab Competition saw eShowe resident Nozipho Gumbi walk away the star of the evening.
The PhD candidate at UNISA in the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit claimed her title as winner last month in front of a capacity audience at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
FameLab is one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world and seeks out new voices in science, technology and engineering.
Going up against a number of worthy finalists, Gumbi was the overall favourite as she dazzled the audience and the judges with her engaging talk on water filtration using carbon nanotubes.
Runners up were Claude Moshobane from Limpopo, currently working with the South African National Biodiversity Institute, and Savannah Nuwagaba from Uganda, currently at Stellenbosch University.
Nozipho’s journey has only just begun and she will soon be packing her bags and jetting off to the United Kingdom for the FameLab International Finals.
Hosted by Cheltenham Festivals, she will go up against 30 country winners for the international title.
Humble, yet confident – Gumbi acknowledged the other candidates saying ‘each and every one of you could have been the winner tonight’.
