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We are on a mission to close the youth skills gap in South Africa, and create meaningful income opportunities through web development at the same time. 

As a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) we issue S18A tax exemption certificates for all donations received. 

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Help us close the youth digital skills gap in South Africa

Department of Labour says there is an acute shortage of 450,000 IT technicians, 250,000 IT managers and 180,000 IT professionals across SA. 

Yet unemployment for youth aged 15-24yrs is a whopping 62.1% 

Let’s fix this by giving youth access to cutting edge digital literacy, coding, web and mobile app design courses. 

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What our partners and learners have to say.

"I had no idea how much fun I could have using technology. I can't wait for the next
course"
Lesego: Alex High
"Our learners are so lucky to have access to these skills. Even us teachers feel lucky as well!"
Ajay UJ Academy teacher
"I enjoyed making a poster to help people advertise their art services. I'm almost finished"
Boitumelo Gr8: Dawnview High
This project has truly enabled them to jump ahead
of the other Gauteng public schools.
Leona Parker - GDE

Our core programmes

We sign up high schools or youth centres to provide the following e-learning programmes in low income areas: 

The global demand for website development services is projected to reach USD $116.9 billion by 2026.

The scarcity of skilled web developers presents an opportunity to empower rural youth to become freelance web developers and address unemployment.

Digital Literacy

Learn all about computers, applications and documents.

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8-10 hours

Excel/Sheets Basics

This course will have you using excel for everything!

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8-10 hours

WordPress Web Design

Create a portfolio of websites to showcase on WordPress

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12-15 hours

Market Yourself

Learn to build a brand and customer service. 

Coming soon

10-12 hours

Python Basics

Variables, data types, conditions, loops, operators..

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8-10 hours

Excel/Sheets Basics

This course will have you using excel for everything!

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10-12 hours

Word/Docs Basics

Create a brochure, memo, article and so much more…

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8-10 hours

Game Development

Create a game from scratch & release it to friends. 

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10-12 hours

Html Websites

Learn to to build webpages from scratch

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10-12 hours

Mobile app develop

Create a mobile app and release it on the playstore!

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10-12 hours

Cyber Security Basics

All about the cyber security risks organisations face.

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10-12 hours

AI & Databases

Learn about the AI streams & create your own chatbot.

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10-12 hours

PowerPoint Basics

Learn how to wow your audience with powerpoint.

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8-10 hours

3d design in CAD

Learn how to create 3D objects in TinkerCAD.

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10-12 hours

Gr8-9 Digital
Skills

Python Basics

Variables, data types, conditions, loops, operators..

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8-10 hours

Excel/Sheets Basics

This course will have you using excel for everything!

Info

10-12 hours

Word/Docs Basics

Create a brochure, memo, article and so much more…

Info

8-10 hours

Game Development

Create a game from scratch & release it to friends. 

Info

10-12 hours

Html Websites

Learn to to build webpages from scratch

Info

10-12 hours

Mobile app develop

Create a mobile app and release it on the playstore!

Info

10-12 hours

Cyber Security Basics

All about the cyber security risks organisations face.

Info

10-12 hours

AI & Databases

Learn about the AI streams & create your own chatbot.

Info

10-12 hours

PowerPoint Basics

Learn how to wow your audience with powerpoint.

Info

8-10 hours

3d design in CAD

Learn how to create 3D objects in TinkerCAD.

Info

10-12 hours

Youth Freelance
Web Design

The global demand for website development services is projected to reach USD $116.9 billion by 2026.

The scarcity of skilled web developers presents an opportunity to empower rural youth to become freelance web developers and address unemployment.

Digital Literacy

Learn all about computers, applications and documents.

Info

8-10 hours

Excel/Sheets Basics

This course will have you using excel for everything!

Info

8-10 hours

WordPress Web Design

Create a portfolio of websites to showcase on WordPress

Info

12-15 hours

Market Yourself

Learn to build a brand and customer service. 

Coming soon

10-12 hours

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What our youth gain:

Youth gain access to cutting edge digital, coding, web, mobile and game development courses that enhance their employability and job-readiness for the marketplace. 

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Course Certificates

That augment their CVs

Real-life Projects

Assignments to show a prospective employer

Live Support

Through our Live Helpline

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Whitespace – basically empty space (like spaces, tabs, or enter button) that makes the code look neat and organized, but the computer doesn’t care about it.

 A User – is any person that interacts (by inputs) with a program without having to write the code directly. For example, you are the user to the code that makes your browser/website run. When you clicked on this pop-up, that was the input that made this explanation come up when the code detected it.

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All learners who are aspiring web developers will have an opportunity to build a website for a live NGO or charity client as part of their community service hours. This project will be run jointly with Community Hours – so all your time spent counts towards your LO credits. This event is suitable for learners, parents and their teachers.

TechWays will be providing the WordPress course and web dev resources for free to any learner wanting to participate. 

Besides the amazing community service you’ll be doing for a charity in need – you’ll also be building your portfolio of web dev skills. Who knows – web dev could become a side hustle for extra income?

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Indentation – In the written form of many languages, an indentation or indent is an empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.

Text editor – is the part of the IDE where you write the code. Most text editors highlight words with different properties like functions to help you distinguish them from one another. 

Homogeneous – of the same kind; alike throughout.

Heterogeneous – diverse in character or content; containing different things

Prompt – to  cause or bring about; to make something happen. For example making someone to say or write something.

Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process operational again.

String Built-in Functions/Methods

There are a lot of strings functions/methods in Python. Find full list in course manual. Here’s are some that you find useful in this course:

Functions

  • len(varName) – Returns the length of a list, string
  • join(varName) – Converts the elements of an iterable into a string.

Methods 

  • varName.capitalize() – Converts the first character to upper case.
  • varName.center(length) – Returns a centered string
  • varName.count(“?”) – Returns the number of times a specified value (?) occurs in a string (varName).
  • varName.endswith(“?”) – Returns true if the string ends with the specified value.
  • varName.find(“?”) – Searches the string for a specified value and returns the position of where it was found.
  • varName.format(placeholder = value) – Formats specified values in a string.
  • varName.index(“?”) – Searches the string for a specified value and returns the position of where it was found.
  • varName.isalnum() – Returns True if all characters in the string are alphanumeric.
  • varName.isalpha() – Returns True if all characters in the string are in the alphabet.
  • varName.isascii() – Returns True if all characters in the string are ascii characters.
  • varName.isdecimal() – Returns True if all characters in the string are decimals.
  • varName.isdigit() – Returns True if all characters in the string are digits.
  • varName.isidentifier() – Returns True if the string is an identifier.
  • varName.islower() – Returns True if all characters in the string are lower case.
  • varName.isupper() – Returns True if all characters in the string are upper case.
  • varName.isnumeric() – Returns True if all characters in the string are numeric.
  • varName.isprintable() – Returns True if all characters in the string are printable.
  • varName.isspace() – Returns True if all characters in the string are whitespaces.
  • varName.istitle() – Returns True if the string follows the rules of a title.
  • varName.ljust(value) – Returns a left justified version of the string.
  • varName.rjust() Returns a right justified version of the string.
  • varName.lower() – Converts a string into lower case.
  • varName.upper() – Converts a string into upper case.
  • varName.strip() – Returns a trimmed version of the string.
  • varName.lstrip() – Returns a left trim version of the string.
  • varName.rstrip() Returns a right trim version of the string.
  • varName.partition() – Returns a tuple where the string is parted into three parts.
  • varName.replace(“old”, “new”) – Returns a string where a specified value is replaced with a specified value.
  • varName.rfind() – Searches the string for a specified value and returns the last position of where it was found.
  • varName.rindex() – Searches the string for a specified value and returns the last position of where it was found.
  • varName.rpartition() – Returns a tuple where the string is parted into three parts.
  • varName.rsplit() – Splits the string at the specified separator, and returns a list.
  • varName.split() – Splits the string at the specified separator, and returns a list.
  • varName.splitlines() – Splits the string at line breaks and returns a list.
  • varName.startswith() – Returns true if the string starts with the specified value.
  • varName.swapcase() – Swaps cases, lower case becomes upper case and vice versa.

String Special Characters

There a number of special string characters that have different functions when used inside ” “. Here’re some useful and common ones:

  • \n – Newline – Everything after it goes to next line.
  • \t – Horizontal tab – creates a tab space, similar to when you use ‘tab’ on keyboard.
  • \b – backspace – deletes the character before the it.
  • \r – carriage return – same as \n

In programming Concatenation is a process of appending one string to another. 

\ – escape character is a string character that tell Python that the next character after it should be taken as a string and not as an instruction.

str ( ) is a built-in function that converts and sequence of characters (numbers especially) in to text. 

Mad Libs is a phrasal template word game created by Leonard Stern and Roger Price. It consists of one player prompting others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story before reading aloud.

type ( ) is a built-in function (still to cover what built-in functions are later) that determines the Data Type of any data presented. 

input ( ) is a built-in function (still to cover what built-in functions are later) allows a user to insert info into a program/the code. 

print ( ) is a built-in function (still to cover what built-in functions are later) that executes data inside the brackets. The results get printed out on the console/results section.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) – A digital environment used to develop games, software, hardware, that offers integration from debugging to compiling. Essentially where you write, edit, and run to test your code. 

Variables

More about variables

Info about variables

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#WOW – What Outstanding Work – Awards: join us to learn from our students. 

Our top 20 learners are from St Andrews for Girls, Reddam Umhlanga, Evolve Online, Nova Pioneer and Sutherland High. 

Learners will be presenting their final projects. Come celebrate their successes and lessons learnt with us at our TechWays #WOW Awards.

This event is suitable for learners, parents and their teachers. Book your spot HERE

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Calling on all high schoolers interested in tech as a career. Join us on Thursday 22 September at 5:30pm.

 

We will be sharing:

  • Some “hot button/in-demand” career pathways – including Automation
  • the skills needed to access these careers
  • some of the job realities in these careers

There are only 100 spaces – so book your spot now – please RSVP here Book

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Calling on all high schoolers interested in tech as a career to join us on 16 September at 5:30pm. If you missed it, we’ll host another one on 18 November. 

We covered the following:

  • general tech career tips
  • a few “hot button/in-demand” career pathways and jobs
  • the skills needed to access these careers
  • some of the job realities in these careers

To access the recording – click here

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We will be talking to Noelene Kinsley from GC Network. Noelene has been specialised in the exciting career of Genetic Counseling and wants to share her passion for making the world a healthier place using genetics….and data science technology. 

Let’s hear more about the trends in the health/genetics industries, where jobs are moving to and what kind of skills you’ll need in this exciting world of opportunities out there. 

This event is suitable for learners, parents and their teachers. Book your spot HERE

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We will be talking to Jason Suttie from Devson. Jason has been in the tech world since he was six years old. He headed IT innovation unit at RMB and has since left to start up his own software consulting company – solving problems and building solutions for clients around the world. 

Let’s hear more about the trends in the software and programming industries, where jobs are moving to and what kind of skills you’ll need in this exciting world of opportunities out there. 

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