# Nothing is impossible

Source: https://www.elenjical.com/news/impossible

Published: 2021-01-28 · Author: Elenjical

| Growing up in rural South Africa with no access to running water or electricity taught [Thabiso Romosolo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thabiso-ramosolo-449aa83/) from an early age to make best use of the cards he’s dealt. Thabiso recalls the early peaceful mornings in the Bush on his way to get water from a well, and how he vowed then to be counted in everything he does.
This understanding - and everything he has since learned in a remarkable career - has been the bedrock of his life, taking him from a one-bedroom house in Glen Cowie, in remote Limpopo, to a life with real opportunity to do well and help others. You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy: Thabiso has done more than most to give back to his community and support people who had less than he did.
**Parental influence**
The second of four children, Thabiso was born in 1983 and grew up in the dying days of Apartheid. His mother was a nurse, while his father was both a teacher and a pastor. Although simple people, they believed so strongly in education that they spent 75% of their wages sending their children to boarding school. | ![](/api/media/media/20161001_174458-scaled-e1622783823757.jpg) |
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“When I went to St. Mark’s College at 11, I couldn’t speak a word of English,” says Thabiso. “It was really hard, but I was never going to be a dropout - I was there to be counted. And it was there I discovered my passion for learning and the opportunities it could open up.”

From school, Thabiso’s education took off, with him winning a scholarship to study Information Systems at the University of KwaZulu Natal. “It was funny - I’d never even used a computer before - now I was learning how to program them!” After this Thabiso did a second degree in Economics, followed by another scholarship that got him a master’s in Economics. Of 20,000 applicants to an Accenture IT management trainee scheme, Thabiso won one of the only 20 places offered.