Technology speaker Siyabulela ‘Siya’ Xuza founded investment holding company Galactic Energy Ventures. The aim of the company is to develop international opportunities thanks to smart energy. Galactic Energy Ventures does so by investing in cutting-edge solutions to tackle the increasing energy needs. In 2017, Siyabulela obtained the Order of Mapungubwe, the greatest honor a South African citizen could ever receive. He received recognition thanks to his help in advancing scientific innovation.

A Harvard-educated energy engineer, Siyabulela (Siya) Xuza, is highly enthusiastic about utilizing the sun’s power to produce clean and inexpensive energy. In fact, he has been researching the development of more affordable solar cells.  Furthermore, he has been assessing the economic viability of solar technology.

Siyabulela Xuza started his rocket fuels experiments in his mother’s kitchen when he was a child. Eventually, his interest evolved into an actual science project that resulted in the development of more affordable and safer rocket fuel. Besides winning gold at the National Science Expo, Siya’s science project also received an award for being South Africa’s most prestigious project. His participation in the International Youth Science Fair in Sweden in 2006 earned him an invite to showcase his project to the King and Queen of Sweden as well as to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.

The Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in the United States, which draws over 1,500 students from 52 nations, accepted his project as an entry. He was the winner of two major awards. The NASA-affiliated Lincoln Laboratory further enhanced Siyabulela’s reputation as it renamed Planet 23182 after him. 

Speaker Siyabulela ‘Siya’ Xuza has achieved significant milestones in his career, including receiving a Fellowship to The African Leadership Network. In 2011, he became the youngest person to be part of the Africa 2.0 Energy Advisory Panel.

He also became a fellow of the Kairos Society. Kairos is a network of students and leaders who are leveraging entrepreneurialism and innovation to address the world’s crisis. Siya is one of the world’s rising business leaders. His proposals for resolving the world’s energy crisis have received lots of attention. For this reason, he was asked to attend the United Nations and the New York Stock Exchange.

Siya has also performed extensive research on micro fuel cells. Several people, including Michelle Obama, have praised Siya for his fantastic work.