Africa Teen Geeks – – Exposing African Teens to IT

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Africa Teen Geeks Appeals For Technology Education Access

Africa Teen Geeks has grown to become one the largest computer science NGOs in Africa. @mbanjwax caught up with CEO Lindiwe Matlali who aims to bridge the gap between young people who seek access to technology education at #WEF23. Africa Teen Geeks Appeals for Technology Education Access: Click here to watch the latest news.

Make Every Swipe Count

ATG is always looking for better ways and opportunities to advance quality education and accessibility thereof. This year ATG has started on a very good note in achieving our goals. We are pleased to announce that Africa Teen Geeks has been provisionally approved as a beneficiary on the 'My school My village My planet', a … Continue reading

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Thousands have been impacted by our work

Our Impact

Africa Teen Geeks created the first African block-based coding platform, MsZora-Block and created tutorials for both learners and teachers with the objective of ensuring that every African school can teach coding from the foundation phase in their mother tongue.

600,000+ stakeholders reached via Zoom live lessons.
Created coding and robotics curriculum with the DBE.
2800+ teachers trained on STEM subjects

+2,000,000 views on our YouTube Channel.
Created 8,000+ video lessons for Grades R to 12.
Developed platform for free e-learning in South Africa

Lindiwe Matlali

CEO and founder

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info@africateengeeks.co.za

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Our Projects

Our goal is to educate the children of today

STEM Digital School

In early 2020, ATG’s STEM Digital Lockdown School was launched in partnership with the South African Government and the SASOL Foundation, in response to the COVID19… Read more

MsZora

Ms Zora is a responsive, AI-based learning platform for STEM subjects designed with the primary goal of equalising access to quality education for all students regardless Read more

Knit2Code

Female family members may not be engineers but intricate needlework indicates a talent for programming and software development. Discovering the links Read more

Girl Geek Summit

The Girl Geek summit was established with the aim of exposing young girls to the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The summit invite… Read more

National Tutoring Campaign

The campaign, led by Africa Teen Geeks and the UJ Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, is aimed at preparing and equipping students with strategies to Read more

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Students reached

Why We Do What We Do

Africa Teen Geeks Exists to Eliminate Educational Barriers

Learning doesn’t happen separately from our everyday existence; it is deeply connected to other processes and experiences that affect us as human beings. How learners engage in learning depends on their prevalent intelligences as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and biological factors.

Transforming Basic Education Through Technology

Since our establishment in 2015, we have worked to bridge the digital divide in the South African education system. We achieve this through an integrated set of interventions… Read more

Teacher Support and Leadership Development

While learners are at the centre of all activities, we realise the importance of teacher support and leadership development. We support both both teachers and principals by… Read more

We are recognised by HRM, the Queen of England, and won the World Economic Forum Social Innovator of the Year award in 2020.

WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Enhancing Education in Africa and the World

OUR TEAM MEMBERS

The Geek Team That Makes Things Happen

Lindiwe Matlali, thank you for being the driving force and encouragement.

Busisiwe Mbatha

Thank you for the opportunity to learn to code. Without Africa Teen Geeks I would never have had an opportunity to learn how to code. I now believe that with technology, I can change the world.

Makhosonke Nkosi

Grade 10 | Khayalami Secondary School

I really like computer science. Next year, I will be going to high school so I hope to see you guys there. My favourite scratch project was the platform game. Thank you for coming to our school.