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Maud Chifamba Quotes

born 1997

Maud Chifamba (born 19 November 1997) was the youngest university student in Africa. She was accepted to the University of Zimbabwe to study for an accounting degree at the age of 14.

Also known as: Maud chifamba

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"Be clear about what you want and never be afraid to go after it."

"It really motivated me to work harder because there was no one to take care of me except myself in the future, that was ... a motivator for me to have something to do with my life."

The growth that comes from doing is more tremendous at this point than anything I can get in a classroom

The admissions office at UZ thought there was an error because I was too young to be eligible to apply for university

If it is not Harvard, Stanford or Columbia, or anything in the Ivy League or the top ten universities in the world, for my Masters in Business Administration

At home, we attempted to start businesses to change our circumstances. They always looked good on paper, but they failed. This is why I decided to study accounting, to understand why businesses failed

I threw a tantrum, promised never to return to school. My brother then went to speak to them and they reached common ground. I was allowed to proceed to Grade 6

My three years of articles becoming a chartered accountant showed me so much. It was a combination of school and real-life work experience. I can feel like I have grown so much

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maud Chifamba (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.