SOCIAL CODING

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

Social Coding ensures that society’s most excluded people are given equal opportunities in the tech economy. They offer digital training, such as computer familiarisation, coding, robotics, and business and technology alignment to youth living in rural communities. By partnering with corporates, government, and family foundations, Social Coding teaches the tech skills needed for higher education and exposes students to the ICT careers in coding, robotics and 4IR technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Social Coding also recruits and trains unemployed youth with permanent digital skills to lead Social Coding programs in their local communities.

www.socialcodingsa.com

Thembiso Magajana

2022 FELLOW

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR | SOCIAL CODING

Recently recognized as one of South Africa’s most influential youth (2020), Thembiso Magajana describes herself as an Inclusion Activist and Technophile. After spending nearly half a decade working in financial services, Thembiso founded a non-profit: Social Coding. She earnestly believes that digital upskilling promises future economic growth in remote rural areas.