Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2018 Nominee

AFRICA CODE WEEK 2017


Description

SIYAFUNDA CTC is an implementing Partner in South Afrcia for the Africa Code Week, with half a million youth introduced to coding over the past 2 years.

This is a continent-wide initiative to spark the interest of African children, teenagers and young adults in software coding. Spearheaded by SAP in 2015 as part of its social investments to drive sustainable growth in Africa, Africa Code Week (ACW) is the story of hundreds of schools, teachers, governments, businesses and non-profits getting together to give birth to the largest digital literacy initiative ever organized on the African continent. Strong public-private partnerships are the driving force behind the initiative’s ambitious goals and ability to secure effective youth employment interventions across the continent.
Each year, thousands of free coding activities are organized across 35 countries and online. Youth from three different age groups (8-11; 12-17; 18-24) and instructors trained by skilled volunteers all over Africa come together to code for good.

Project website

http://www.siyafundactc.org.za/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2018
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • South Africa

Status

Completed

Start date

01 October 2017

End date

31 October 2017


Entity name

Siyafunda Community Technology Centre

Entity country—type

South Africa Civil Society

Entity website

http://www.siyafundactc.org.za/

Partners

Total of 404 community centres, schools, community halls, internet cafes, crèches, etc were used. SAP, GOOGLE, CAPE TOWN SCIENCE CENTRE