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    Introduction Opening Entrepreneurs play a very important role in the economy as they are the building blocks of a country by providing employment opportunities, producing goods and giving back consumer services. An entrepreneur is an individual or group of people (entrepreneurs) who identify a business opportunity in a particular market and then provide a product or render a service that will satisfy the needs and wants of consumers. In my opinion, entrepreneurship should be more encouraged and thought about among younger generations because it has many benefits, such as providing employment opportunities that will lead to combating socio-economic problems such as poverty and unemployment, which will reduce crime levels as more people find jobs. Younger generations should learn entrepreneurial skills from a young age so that they can be exposed to entrepreneurship at an early age. The younger generation is more creative and new inventions and developments could be invented and implemented by them. So in this task, it is about 2 entrepreneurs who are famous for their entrepreneurial skills which led them to success in their lives. He will explain why they are considered entrepreneurs and discover the product they invented or the service they provided that led them to success. Richard John Pelwana Maponya Why he is considered an entrepreneur: Opening and background information: Richard Maponya was a very successful South African entrepreneur, born in Limpopo on 24 December 1926 and grew up in Soweto and dreamed of seeing Soweto . the town is developing economically. At the age of 22, Maponya was a teacher and was offered a job as a storekeeper in a clothing factory...... middle of paper ......Excom Publishers CC Page Title/Item Document Date or Update Home Page Title Available: Item URL Date Accessed Google 2009 The African Millionaire: http://theafricanmillionaire.blogspot.com/2009/04/african-millionaire-of- week-become-rich.html May 20, 2014 Wikipedia 2011 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Maponya May 20, 2014 Google 2013 African Success http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=431& May 21, 2014 Google 2011 Times live http://www. timeslive.co.za/ilive/2011/08/21/africans-should-accumulate-own-wealth-ilive May 21, 2014 Wikipedia 2011 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Motsepe May 21, 2014 Google 2010 Leaders http://www.leader.co.za/article.aspx?s=1&f=1&a=3442 May 21, 2014 Google 2013 Ventures http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/03/wealthy-donors-in -South-Africa-giving-is-a-way-of-life/ May 22, 2014 World Wide Web: