Ghost Gatsby Starter - A South African Geek Culture

design, code, geeks, future, digital

Charmaine Phoswa: Being A Graphics Designer In The Industrial Revolution

Hello everyone, my name is Charmaine Phoswa and I am a Junior Multimedia and Digital Developer at Geekulcha. Aspiring to be a “grand multimedia designer” and play a part as the world evolves into the 4th Industrial Revolution. I am living in the most exciting times of graphic and web design, and one of the fastest-growing occupations in visual arts. Being a multimedia designer means, I get to find creative ways of communicating a concept or information usually in an interactive form by skillful

geeks, Awards, stem, Africa tech

Geekulcha Amongst Top 25 Most Innovative Companies of 2017

Geekulcha - a home of the Geeks in Africa, has been driving a localized Geek Culture revolution since 2013. Having built a community of over 9 400 young techies around the continent, Geekulcha has made its footprint in the industry. In 2016, the organization was award the ICT Achievers Award for Local Industrialization category and then in 2017, Geekulcha was awarded Black Business Quarterly Award in The Innovation Hub's New and Innovative Business category. > Fast Company South Africa magazi

data, geekulcha, Innovation, data science, science, south africa

Geekulcha 2017: The Year In Open Data

The South African tech ecosystem continues to make strides, it’s important that it remains healthy and grow the capacity. “Data is the new oil”, they say. South African is said to be trailing behind in Open Data. Regardless of the standing, it's thrilling that there are efforts in place to groom the skills and talent in Data Science. Here is the international ranking of the Open Data Index: Geekulcha also took efforts to drive Data Literacy in the country with a variety of programmes set out

geeks, tech, arduino, stem, 2017

The South African Geek Culture in 2017

It is a year that the Millennials dubbed as the "turning" year. The year 2017 came with many surprises and history was changed. A birth year for some of the technologies and death year for some, R.I.P. With all the glooms, ups and downs of the year, the Geek Culture life kept on going. Let's look at the year and the health of the tech ecosystem. We present top 10 tech stories we lived to see in the year that is 2017. 10. The War on Tech South African has been named number 2 in terms of Afri

android, developers, future, geeks, apps, pwa, dev

Mosa Lefu: Wrapping My Head Around Progressive Web Apps

Hello fellow developers, my name is Mosa Lefu. I am a junior mobile apps developer aspiring to be a top software developer in South Africa. Have you ever noticed that most of the people leave the web pages not because they do not find them interesting but simply because they take time to load? Imagine waiting for a minute for a page to load, I mean even 30 seconds is a lot. Downloading an app is not that bad but sometimes we just do not have the time to wait for downloads and installations. How

Youth, Innovation, iot, code, mpumalanga, green, economy, vulingqondo, mentors

Mpumalanga Youth Code A Greener Future At #gkVacWork

The latest edition of the Geekulcha Vacation Work(gkVacWork) programme was hosted in Mpumalanga, Mashishing in Lydenburg at the Thaba Chweu Municipality from 27 November till the 1st of December. Throughout the week, the youngters got to learn how to code and build tech startups. Powered by the Vulingqondo Innovation Hub [https://twitter.com/vulingqondo?lang=en], the programme edition was focused on "Integrated Green Economy". Youngsters had to come up with ideas of how they would help their co

data, geekulcha, geeks, libraries

Glory Mabunda on Using Data to Tell the Geekulcha Story

Hi all, my name is Glory Mabunda I am a Junior Applications Developer and a final year student at the Tshwane University of Technology focusing on data-centered applications, that help paint a clearer picture of what Geekulcha's mission is. I also enjoy analysing scenarios and creating digital solutions that require me to work outside my comfort and knowledge set, as I continue to sculpture my development techniques in order to become a proficient software developer. Initially, I thought Geekul

#gkVacWork Mpumalanga: Issa Coding Holiday

Holidays with the Geeks, youngsters from the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality are currently sacrificing their summer holidays to learn how to Code and be all innovative. The Geekulcha VacWork programme led and orgnized by the Vulinqondo Innovation Hub, kicked off today in Mpumalanga at the Thusong Community Centre. Mentored by the team from Geekulcha, Vulingqondo Innovation Hub [https://twitter.com/vulingqondo], Reacoda [https://twitter.com/reacoda_code] and Thusong Community Centre, the 40 youn

raeketsetsa, tech, geeks, iot, future

Fhulufhelo Maumela on IoT: Girls Gonna Make

Hi everyone, my name is Fhulufhelo Maumela and I am a junior applications developer, a final year student in Computer Systems Engineering at the Tshwane University of technology. I build Web and Electronics solutions, being a Maker is what I enjoy the most. There are several ways that data can be captured, IoT (Internet of Things) is also another way that we can use to capture, analyze data. We use these data to make a conclusion that can be of use in the future. We capture data through IoT wit

Business, bi, data

Khanyisa Mabasa on BI Tools For Startups

Hello Entrepreneurs, My name is Khanyisa Mabasa, an inspiring Junior Business Analyst part of Geekulcha crew, I have a keen interest in working in the bank sector. With all the skills and experience I'm acquiring at Geekulcha, I strive to take my career into the next level to gain more experience and exposure. We live in a digitally-enabled world, where business moves fast and people are well connected, everywhere in the world, competition is very high and customers are demanding, so as much as

geeks, Awards, Business, ICT

Geekulcha Wins BBQ Award: New and Innovative Business

Around this time last year, Geekulcha was celebrating having won the 2016 ICT Achievers Award in the Local Industrialization category. It was a great moment to receive the recognition for our role revolutionizing the Culture of Geeks in South Africa. We are thrilled to be ending the year on a similar high note. The Black Business Quarterly Awards by Big Time Group hosted their 16th annual edition of the awards and Geekulcha was nominated in The Innovation Hub's New and Innovative Business categ

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#FemaleGeeks: Nanikie Malwane on React Native

I am a Junior Applications Developer, a final year student in Information Technology - Technical Applications at Tshwane University of Technology. Web and mobile app development amongst the things I do. My goal is to elevate my development skills in order to solve real life problems. We are living in a digital age, and we cannot all help, but to be absorbed in this rapid digital growth. For us to leave a remarkable digital footprint, we ought to put ourselves out there such that we do not fall