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MTN Group and the Ghanaian government have joined forces to launch an ambitious digital skills programme aimed at training one million coders. The landmark agreement, signed at Mobile World Congress 2025, will establish centres of excellence for AI and software development, marking a significant step in Ghana's digital transformation journey
Cape Town's teenage robotics team Texpand shatters national records and secures back-to-back championships, earning a spot to compete against 9,000 global teams in Texas.
South Africa’s performance in international maths and science assessments reveals systemic issues in education funding, teacher shortages, and curriculum relevance.
An all-girls team from Southlands Secondary School has captivated the tech world by clinching fifth place in the Global Coding and Robotics Competition, setting remarkable benchmarks for aspiring women coders in South Africa.
“I taught myself to code at age 7 by playing coding games”
Eric Primary School’s robotics and coding club in Belhar has once again achieved remarkable success, qualifying for the prestigious First Lego League national championships in Johannesburg on December 6 and 7.
A US-based NGO with strong South African roots has made strides to get Durban pupils connected to the digital way of the world by unpacking free coding and robotics training programmes for teachers which has made a big impact on hundreds of pupils.
Representing KwaZulu-Natal in the senior category, the all-girls team showcased exceptional talent, outperforming competitors from across the country.
The robotics and coding teams from Erica Primary School in Belhar have returned victorious in their own right after competing in this year’s World Robot Olympiad South Africa in Johannesburg.
“The future seems bright as these pupils steam ahead in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ”
Le Roux’s deafness awakened my sense of ignorance to the challenges differently-abled people faced on life’s daily routines as a person who is not disabled.
In celebration of Women’s Month, St Mary’s DSG Kloof teacher Julia de Waal recently led an ICT presentation, and broke the mould for a previously male-dominated industry.
This entrepreneur helps graduates and students connect with prospective employers.
As part of the reigning Miss South Africa Natasha Joubert’s educational advocacy campaign, 10 students from across the country were chosen as bursary recipients for the Natasha Joubert Collective campaign.
The CodeSolve Camp programme workshop led by a 17-year-old began in Chatsworth at the Nelson Mandela Community Youth Centre.
Two teams from Elsies River are gearing-up to participate against top coders from other libraries across the province, in an exciting race to determine the champions to represent the Western Cape in the national competition in October.
The coding mini-competitions on Mandela Day will be hosted across various libraries, including Adriaanse, Athlone, Bellville and Delft.
When I heard that women make up about 35% of the tech workforce worldwide. . . I resolved to use my reign as Miss South Africa to make it easier for women (and men) to enter the crucial field, writes reigning Miss South Africa Natasha Joubert.
YOUNG women who are part of the Huawei Graduate Programme are forging ahead in proving that there is no place for ‘gender stereotypes’ within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. Even though the ICT sector remains dominated by men, the Huawei Graduate Programme in celebrating International Girls in ICT Day, celebrated officially on April 25, showcased some of their brightest female recruits who were making significant contributions and showing how women and girls were just. . .
As part of the education division of her Natasha Joubert Collective, the campaign is offering 10 additional bursaries to learners.
If these super wealthy individuals can go from ‘regular’ jobs to swimming in money, why can’t you?
Entering the rewarding field of computer programming is no longer determined by the subjects studied in school or the degree you obtained from university or college.
The Texpand robotics team from Cape Town won the South African First Tech Challenge for the second time in a row.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seamlessly woven itself into the fabric of contemporary political communication.
The RoboGirl 2023 programme, coordinated by the Durban University of Technology in partnership with Lenovo and Toyota South Africa Motors, aims to train 57 girls in coding, robotics and concepts in the Internet of Things (IoT).