Project Details

Geek Culture


Building a Geek Culture through Innovation and Creativity - #iBlameGK

Description

A Geek Culture of Sustainable Innovation
Home of the Geeks - Geekulcha creates and enables platforms for Innovation and Creativity while exposing young talent and skills to the corporate world.

Geekulcha is where the young, skilled, creative and ambitious tech minds meet to connect with each other, share knowledge, collaborate on projects, network with industry leaders, obtain training to further improve and enhance their skills and to put that newly acquired skill to work. The platform has over 9 400 students across Africa.

Established 15 March 2013, our focus is on empowering young geeks through ICT skills development and training while giving them a taste of what awaits them in the big world through industry exposure.

Project website

https://www.geekulcha.com


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C7. E-employment
  • AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Africa

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2013

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth

WSIS values promotion

Geekulcha is where the young, skilled, creative and ambitious tech minds meet to connect with each other, share knowledge, collaborate on projects, network with industry leaders, obtain training to further improve and enhance their skills and to put that newly acquired skill to work. The platform has over 9 400 students across Africa.


Entity name

Geek Culture

Entity country—type

South Africa Civil Society

Entity website

https://www.geekulcha.com

Partners

mLab South Africa