Ghost Gatsby Starter - A South African Geek Culture

Innov8Makers To Accelerate Innovation

Innov8, championed by The Innovation Hub is high-end networking panel discussion type of an event to assess the Innovation Ecosystem and strive on finding more angles to build the Innovation capacity. Now, this edition is hosted by the Geekulcha Maker Library Network (MLN) [http://design.britishcouncil.org/projects/makerlibraries/geekulcha/] and it's NOT going to be a talk only but also includes hands-on maker activities. As it will be interactive, we will be exploring 'Making' as a tool that a

#GKHack17 Aims To Build A Reading Culture

The Geekulcha Annual Hackathon takes place to gather tech developers, designers, innovators and entrepreneurs every year to enhance their skills capacity and build innovative solutions for Africa. This year, the hackathon will take place at the Liberty Group in Johannesburg from the 29th of September until the 1st of October. Powered by Liberty and Standard Bank Over 200 techies from various parts of South Africa and countries such as Mozambique and Botswana will gather to take part at one of

#RHoKpta - A Weekend That RHoKed 2017

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHOK) is a global Hackathon that takes challenges tech designers, innovators and do-gooders to BYOD socially-relevant solutions using technology. In South Africa, RHOK is hosted in collaboration between the UNISA School of Computing Geekulcha every year. The 2017 edition of RHOK Pretoria took place, 09 - 10 September at the UNISA Muckleneuk campus. Up to 66 participants ranging from students to industry professionals gathered at UNISA over a weekend of code for socia

#NCDevWomenSummit - Igniting Female Digital Enablement in Kimberley

The Northern Cape has been quite active in Information and Communication Technology(ICT) programmes, since 2015, 6 hackathons have been hosted in the province. Many tech events have been hosted but there is a global problem - low female participation in the ICT programmes. > Raeketsetsa is a Geekulcha female initiative to attract and empower more females into the world of ICT. Through the local developer ecosystem, Raeketsetsa will be hosting a 1-day, female-only ICT summit in collaboration w

A Week of Science Excitation in Sebokeng

National Science Week (NSW) [http://www.saasta.ac.za/programmes/focus-weeks/national-science-week/], an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is a countrywide celebration of science involving various stakeholders and/or role players conducting science-based activities during the week. National Science Week is run in all nine provinces simultaneously at multiple sites per province. SAASTA has been appointed by the DST as the implementing agency and play the role of the Nat

#gkVacWork - Preparing for Bloodhound SSC With Digital Innovation

The Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism [http://economic.ncape.gov.za/] seeks to expand and plug the program in rural communities of the Northern Cape. The Geekulcha VacWork program takes in a number of high scholars to a real and co-creative working environment, get trained and build projects with ICT tools. Read More: vacwork.ncdev.co.za [http://vacwork.ncdev.co.za] This edition was hosted in line with the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) set to hit the ground in 201

#gkVacWork - A Beginning of a Geek Culture ko Limpopo

Giving Back to the Community is a Value at Mapitsi Holdings [http://mapitsi.co.za/] – Mapitsi Foundation is the Social Responsibility arm that puts those Values into Action. In expanding the annual Thagaetala Career and Sports Day activities, Mapitsi Holdings seeks to instil digital skills interest of the learners at Thagaetala Secondary School. The Geekulcha VacWork program takes in a number of high scholars to a real and co-creative working environment, get trained and build projects with IC

#gkVacWork - Kalahari Youth Hack-a-Skate

The Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism [http://economic.ncape.gov.za/] seeks to expand and plug the program in rural communities of the Northern Cape. The Geekulcha VacWork program takes in a number of high scholars to a real and co-creative working environment, get trained and build projects with ICT tools. Read More: vacwork.ncdev.co.za [http://vacwork.ncdev.co.za] To stimulate the minds of the youngsters, the programme was themed "Innovation of Speed" in line with

#gkVacWork - A Tech Debate in the Kalahari

The Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism [http://economic.ncape.gov.za/] seeks to expand and plug the program in rural communities of the Northern Cape. The Geekulcha VacWork program takes in a number of high scholars to a real and co-creative working environment, get trained and build projects with ICT tools. Read More: vacwork.ncdev.co.za [http://vacwork.ncdev.co.za] To stimulate the minds of the youngsters, a Tech Debate was curated for them to engage in various dig

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#Top15YoungGeeks - Meet Nkululeko Tunzi

The Geek ecosystem in South Africa is vibrant and ready to play a critical role in helping with the digital transformation of our common society. With a community of over 9 000 students, Geekulcha celebrates some of the coolest young Geeks in the country. Honouring Top 15 Young Geeks [http://gekulcha.com/] in the country who are playing a part in the Digital Revolution. Meet Nkululeko Tunzi An inventor from ekasi, Soweto. Nkuleleko is a final year student from the Tshwane University of Technolo

#Top15YoungGeeks - Meet Rio Modiba

The Geek ecosystem in South Africa is vibrant and ready to play a critical role in helping with the digital transformation of our common society. With a community of over 9 000 students, Geekulcha celebrates some of the coolest young Geeks in the country. Honouring Top 15 Young Geeks [http://geekulcha.com/young-geeks/] in the country who are playing a part in the Digital Revolution. Meet Reabetswe "Rio" Bodiba Reabetswe (Rio) Bodiba was born and raised in Pretoria. He patented an invention for

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#Top15YoungGeeks - Meet Rebecca Franks

The Geek ecosystem in South Africa is vibrant and ready to play a critical role in helping with the digital transformation of our common society. With a community of over 9 000 students, Geekulcha celebrates some of the coolest young Geeks in the country. Honouring Top 15 Young Geeks [http://geekulcha.com/young-geeks/] in the country who are playing a part in the Digital Revolution. Meet Rebecca Franks Rebecca is the Android Engineering Lead at Dynamic Visual Technologies. She qualified cum lau