Theme: Tech(nically) Speaking

Young people today have access to knowledge centers (physical and online) broadening their understanding of what's possible. Traditional industries now more than ever require soft and hard skills, and the drive to develop technology-based education is on the rise.

But how have we (and can we) use this power of technology to stretch our imaginations, and improve our lives in the short-term and long-term to ensure generations after us live a holistically improved life?

Bandwidth Barn Khayelitsha
Spine Road, Lookout Hill
Khayelitsha
Cape Town, Western Cape, 7784
South Africa

Baratang Miya

Social entrepreneur

Not only a Social entrepreneur, Baratang is currently the Managing Director of Uhuru Spaces a Cultural Innovation Coworking space, and the CEO of GirlHype - a coding school for women and girls that offers free and paid coding courses, events, advises companies on tech talent processes and procedures, and manages an eco-system for female developers.

Kyle Ueckermann

CEO

By age 13 Kyle discovered a passion for 3D design which led to extensive self study. Four years laters at 17, he’d secured a full time job at an architectural visualisation company, and 2 years after his work had landed him a job at the top visual effects company in South Africa. When he was 19, Kyle became interested in photography and within 3 years he had 3 photos published by National Geographic. Kyle spent the bulk of his twenties co-founding a company that is using technology to help individuals reach the needs of their communities. In 2018 Kyle resigned from his company and then moved back to South Africa to pursue an even more ambitious idea that he believes has the potential to eradicate avoidable poverty in our lifetime. And so Vollar was founded.

Tinashe Mutsvangwa

Biomedical Engineer

A biomedical engineer and academic at the University of Cape Town whose interests include health innovation and engaging with communities in and around Cape Town on issues affecting their health and well being.