Bottles, Barriers, and Breakthroughs: Meet Tshamala Paul, the Young Engineer Turning Waste Into Walls

At the 3rd Africa Skills Week 2026 in Harare, Zimbabwe, one first-year student discovered that the biggest ideas often start small — and that the world is waiting for his. Most first-year university students are still finding their footing. Tshamala Paul is already building houses — from discarded plastic bottles. A civil engineering student at … Continue reading Bottles, Barriers, and Breakthroughs: Meet Tshamala Paul, the Young Engineer Turning Waste Into Walls