UPSTART

Founder of Digsconnect, SA's startup sensation

Alexandria Procter

ISBN:

9781990973581

Epub ISBN:

9781990973598

Publisher:

Melinda Ferguson Books

Date Released:

March 2024

Price (incl. VAT):

R 320.00

Format:

Soft cover, 280pp


About this book:

At 25, Alexandria Procter became SA's youngest startup tech wunderkind. During her annual break from UCT in 2018, she came up with the idea for DigsConnect. Deeply affected by the violent student protests which swept university campuses in 2016, Alexandria created a website that would address the tumultuous student housing crisis. DigsConnect has subsequently transformed from being a local student startup, to catapulting into the global fourth industrial revolution. A deeply inspiring story.

 

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