Ghost Gatsby Starter - A South African Geek Culture

data, design, Entrepreneurs, mpho

#Top15YoungGeeks: Meet Mpho Jan Kubeka

During the Youth Month, Geekulcha name and honor Top 15 Young Geeks in South Africa. These are the minds marking their stamp and playing a greater role in the Digital Revolution. These are Geeks who have been identified as being a role player in the transformation. geekulcha.com/young-geeks [https://geekulcha.com/young-geeks] Mpho Jan Kubeka, Founder at Kubeka Advanced Industries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A 20 year old entrepreneur and d

code, sewagodimo, indonispacemag, womenintech, girlswhocode

#Top15YoungGeeks: Meet Sewagodimo Matlapeng

During the Youth Month, Geekulcha name and honor Top 15 Young Geeks in South Africa. These are the minds marking their stamp and playing a greater role in the Digital Revolution. These are Geeks who have been identified as being a role player in the transformation. geekulcha.com/young-geeks [https://geekulcha.com/young-geeks] Sewagodimo Matlapeng, Software Engineer at PRAEKELT.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sewagodimo is a software engine

data, code, ofentswe, machine learning, datawizzards

#Top15YoungGeeks: Meet Ofentswe Lebogo

During the Youth Month, Geekulcha name and honor Top 15 Young Geeks in South Africa. These are the minds marking their stamp and playing a greater role in the Digital Revolution. These are Geeks who have been identified as being a role player in the transformation. geekulcha.com/young-geeks [https://geekulcha.com/young-geeks] Ofentswe Lebogo, Co-Founder and CTO at Datawizzards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He was born and raised in Limpopo a

iot, data, makers, sqwidnet, tmgmakerspace

#AutumnDevDays: Sensor Data IoT Challenge

The South African tech ecosystem grows at own pace with various activities taking place on the ground. We need to assess, monitor, nurture, account, guide and forecast the grow of the digital ecosystem. #AutumnDevDays is a 5-day event of Coding creating an enabling environment (online and physical) for local techies to connect and build capacity on their Data skills. Physical event (04 May) Information: * Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria * Time: 09:00 - 17:00 * Target: Aspiring develop

autumndevdays, code, Open Data, geeks, makers, geodata

#AutumnDevDays: GeoData Mapathon With HERE Maps

The South African tech ecosystem grows at own pace with various activities taking place on the ground. We need to assess, monitor, nurture, account, guide and forecast the grow of the digital ecosystem. #AutumnDevDays is a 5-day event of Coding creating an enabling environment (online and physical) for local techies to connect and build capacity on their Data skills. Physical event (04 May) Information: * Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria * Time: 09:00 - 17:00 * Target: Aspiring develop

top15younggeeks, geeks, tech, code

#Top15YoungGeeks: Last Chance To Nominate Your Faves

What a year 2018 was a vibrant year in the South African tech space. Lots of moves were made by local Geeks. It was a year where a first cabinet-approved Hackathon was hosted in South Africa, Minister Ayanda Dlodlo of the Department of Public Service and Administration also coded with C# to launch IgniteHack. Certainly a stamina boost for the local ecosystem to see Government officials mix-up in a platform to build solutions that matters. Speaking of solutions that matters... It's important

#AutumnDevDays: Budget Data Challenge With Vulekamali.gov.za

The South African tech ecosystem grows at own pace with various activities taking place on the ground. We need to assess, monitor, nurture, account, guide and forecast the grow of the digital ecosystem. #AutumnDevDays is a 5-day event of Coding creating an enabling environment (online and physical) for local techies to connect and build capacity on their Data skills. Physical event (04 May) Information: * Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria * Time: 09:00 - 17:00 * Target: Aspiring develop

airquality, data, sensors, odsa

#AutumnDevDays: Air Quality Data Challenge

The South African tech ecosystem grows at own pace with various activities taking place on the ground. We need to assess, monitor, nurture, account, guide and forecast the grow of the digital ecosystem. #AutumnDevDays is a 5-day event of Coding creating an enabling environment (online and physical) for local techies to connect and build capacity on their Data skills. Physical event (04 May) Information: * Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria * Time: 09:00 - 17:00 * Target: Aspiring develop

Open Data, data, geeks, vote, odsa

#AutumnDevDays: Youth Opinions Data Challenge

The South African tech ecosystem grows at own pace with various activities taking place on the ground. We need to assess, monitor, nurture, account, guide and forecast the grow of the digital ecosystem. #AutumnDevDays is a 5-day event of Coding creating an enabling environment (online and physical) for local techies to connect and build capacity on their Data skills. Physical event (04 May) Information: * Venue: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria * Time: 09:00 - 17:00 * Target: Aspiring develop

africa, Africa tech, geeks, security, kimberley, joburg

Africa She Is Beautiful: Let's Secure Her Digital Footprint

It is often called the Dark Content, not because of the prevalence of Load Shedding but due to its digital emancipation and penetration. Are a continent play "catch-up"? Perhaps so. So many problems but one thing for sure: We never lack the leisure to innovation. There is beauty in Africa and the future of it. Some of the world's greatest Innovation's have come from Africa. Here is an extract from the former President Mbeki in Cape Town on 8 May 1996, on the occasion of the passing of the new C

gkVacWork, Debate, digital, knowledge

#gkVacWork Tech Debate Gives Voice To The Future

It's the next breed of Leaders, they will be digitally equipped as that will be a key skill for survival in the civilization. Geekulcha in collaboration The Innovation Hub and the City of Tshwane hosted the holiday Vacation Work programme, March 2019 edition of the programme was in Soweto and Tshwane. future.geekulcha.com/debate From 18 to 23 March, young minds sacrificed their holidays sleep by spending the holidays with the Geeks learning how to code, work on real-life projects and how to bu

code, school, kidz, vacwork

Youth VacWork Set To Digitize The Evolution: History, Arts And Space

In 2014, Geekulcha created a programme that is free and open to 6 to 20 year olds bringing them to a real or simulated working environment to learn how to code and build tech startups. The Geekulcha Vacation Work (gkVacWork) has since extended to five provinces in South Africa. Over 1 000 scholars have take part and normally spans for about a week for the youngsters to build innovative solutions. Gauteng edition of the programme is powered by The Innovation Hub and the City of Tshwane an ICT