Digital healthcare technology can help transform community screening programmes into meaningful healthcare interventions.
Healthcare, coding education, digital payments and youth employment are among the initiatives organisations are supporting as they mark Mandela Day.
Each participant’s ticket to play was a non-perishable food parcel that the company then donated to charity.
As part of Mandela Day celebrations, various South African tech companies launch initiatives to make a difference in their local communities.
Nelson Mandela Day sees 30 000 youth across two continents participate in the annual global coding tournament #Coding4Mandela.
A total of 38 of the city’s libraries gear up for coding mini-competitions as part of the Mandela Day Coding Tournament.
Nelson Mandela University had 500 schools and over 16 000 people participating in the #Coding4Mandela tournament.
The communications ministry opens a cyber lab at the Ntafufu Senior Secondary School, in honour of Mandela Day.
The Optimi Group initiative will provide free virtual lessons to aid grade 4 children in improving their reading comprehension and enhancing their reading scores.
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The top teams from the city’s 26 libraries will go head-to-head as part of the Mandela Day Coding Tournament.
The aim should be to introduce young people to tech − a lifeline to the future, says In2IT chairman Tshepo Mokoena.
Leaders of Cell C, Vodacom, Telkom and MTN run various programmes to empower young people with skills and mentorship, in the spirit of Nelson Mandela.