These are skills that everyone should have. Even if you have no intention of becoming a professional coder, you will benefit from knowing how to think in this way in this increasingly computerized economy. A growing number of permanent job positions that use information technology to deliver a product or a service are becoming available in the local economy. It is estimated that nearly 75000 such jobs will come online in South Africa within the next five years. These digital jobs will mostly be driven by the ICT, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and the financial services industries. These are the fastest growing sectors in our economy. They are also the sectors that have the highest demand for entry-level digital skills..
Code for Cape Town strives to see young women empowered to leverage technology for social innovation, so that there is greater diversity in the African tech industry. .
Code4CT exists to see young South African women in positions to drive African innovation
Our first responsibility is to ensure every learner in our program feels challenged and supported in her learning; that each learner realises her potential to manifest change. To do that, we are committed to a culture of innovation and excellence. We value collaboration and openness. We believe in the strength of the collective: one person’s success is everyone’s joy; one person’s failure requires everyone’s support.
Our team Core team Emma Dicks Founder and Director Emma is passionate about providing high quality education that enables young people to bring innovative ideas to life and play an active role in South Africa’s economy. Aside from her work at Code4CT, Emma advocates..
of our alumnae have gone on to further studies
of our alumnae have gone on to pursue STEM-related studies
of our alumnae are at university.
of our alumnae are in IT skills development programmes
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