Articles about coding

Seseko announces 2026 Digital Skills Summit to empower SA’s future workforce

The summit will engage 1 500 students, more than 200 educators, 75 schools and 15 districts across Gauteng, says Seseko.

ITWeb TV: African expansion to help GirlCode reach ‘audacious goal’

Having already empowered 100 000 women and girls, the non-profit coding skills organisation will spread its wings across Africa.

SA robotics, coding teacher gets global award

Nadine Smith from ADvTECH has been awarded the 2025 EDGE in Tech Athena Award for Early Career Leadership.

WhatsApp chatbot to equip teachers with coding, robotics skills

The chatbot provides weekly lessons to teachers from grade R to 7, preparing them for the future implementation of the new coding and robotics curricula.

Learners compete codeX Skills for Digital Future programme

By making online coding accessible on a smartphone, codeX creates a more inclusive path to careers across the digital economy.

5IR: A business imperative for education overhaul

While the 5IR provides opportunities for companies to upskill staff, this process should start way before the youth enter the workforce.

Coding, tech skills drive targets young Sowetans

CodeNgwana and Matlhogonolo Community Outreach Centre will provide 700 Soweto youth with coding and computational thinking skills.

SA edition of World Robot Olympiad sees growth

Curro Group sees an increase in participation in the local leg of the World Robot Olympiad, with 755 teams from local schools.

Pnet, Code for Change upskill thousands with coding skills

Online recruitment platform, Pnet’s partnership with Code for Change has helped upskill over 530 000 youth across Africa with IT skills.

WeThinkCode accelerates tech job placements for SA youth

The training academy makes significant strides in fostering youth development through its software development programme.

ITWeb TV: Building inclusive tech for all in SA

Founder of Queers Code, Precious Lesupi, sits down with ITWeb TV to discuss the urgent need for SA to overcome barriers to tech accessibility.

VIDEO: Raging Robots contest inspires young tech minds

The 2023 rAge expo hosted the Raging Robots competition run by local software development organisations.