The East Rand, just outside Johannesburg, has an infestation of Norway rats. Things have become so bad that people kill them and throw them in the street. One local business person said the rats are big as his size nine shoe and that his two big dogs “deal with them”.
A small fact tucked in the article mentioned that the municipality was spending “millions a year” to fight the scourge.
If you are entrepreneurially minded, where do you see the opportunity in these giant-sized rats?
Chunking it down, you might see opportunities for pest control businesses, rat poison and even a system for devising better waste disposal. Continue reading “What can you learn from an entrepreneurial MOOC?”
