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by Bongi Maje Women have always had to prove that they are just as equal and just as capable. Woman have always had to go the extra mile to show that they are worthy or that they are just as smart, but it’s quite funny because the greatest saying is “behind every […]
Lightbulbs: An App to address The UN goal of Good Health & Living. Team Lightbulbs built a solution designed to address food security in South Africa, in response to the recent listeriosis outbreak. Their solution aims to place more knowledge in the hands of the citizens and consumers, whilst encouraging retailers and producers to work […]
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by: Lihle Naphakade I applied to the VAC work programme because I was looking for experience in the real working environment. And so I went into the programme with a mindset to learn about (and get as much as I can out of) the actual working environment, including understanding how the company works. I found […]
I applied to the vac work programme because I wanted to gain real world experience. I really did not know what to expect, so I just wanted to get whatever I could out of it, yet it surpassed my expectations totally. I assumed that we’d be given a project to work on and that is […]
GirlCode Hackathon 2017 The opportunity of travelling overseas certainly satisfied a desire I had been longing for, for a long time. My adventure began the day before the hackathon at the Cape Town airport. I remember reaching for my Id from my back-pack’s side pocket and realizing I had not put it back in the […]
I was born in a small township called Boitekong in Rustenburg, where no one I knew owned a computer. There were very few sources of entertainment for us growing up. One of my favourite hobbies was picking up any paper with text on it and reading it out loud, regardless of what the topic was […]
Imagine my excitement when I heard we were going to Microsoft San Francisco, the mastermind behind Windows and well Microsoft itself (amongst all their other great creations). I was ecstatic as I could not believe I was going to visit their base, The Silicon Valley Office. The actual office we visited was just a 20 […]
The GirlCode trip San Francisco sponsored by Standard Bank, was truly an amazing trip in every sense. We arrived in the USA on the Sunday afternoon of the 15 of October. Tired and a bit jet lagged we went straight to bed, in order to shake off the jet lag that came about from travelling […]
3rd year student in Computational and Applied Mathematics at the University of Witswatersrand. “I joined the hackathon this year as a means to learn, see how well I can work under pressure, and to bond with my friends over code. It was amazing how much I learnt in just one weekend – and I was amazed […]
On Saturday ,30 September 2017, GirlCode hosted its last Workshop for the year with the Elevator Pitch. “The idea to introduce workshops was conceived following feedback from participants in previous years’ hackathon. We know that women and girls enter the GirlCode Hackathon for fun, but we also know they do so to improve their skills. […]
My journey in tech started when I got to varsity, initially I wanted to study medicine but due to lack of space I couldn’t. In 2014 I got the opportunity to study Computer Systems Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology and my love for science helped me decide to go for it. I attended with […]
Welcome to the GirlCodeCast Podcast: In this episode, we speak to one of the GirlCode volunteers. Lungile is an experienced Analytics Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and now in the services industry. Her background is in Computational and Applied Mathematics having completed her honours degree at the University of the […]
By: Kgomotso Dhlangamandhla When we think of the future, the environment we often imagine is one driven by the latest and greatest technological advancements, but when it comes to our food choices and how our food is produced, the use of technology seems to cross a line we are all a little bit uncomfortable with. Of all the […]
Imagine our excitement when we found out that we could participate in the GirlCode hackathon on the other side of the country. Our trip to go and participate was all sponsored by our Information Systems department at UCT. We left on a Friday afternoon with enough time to get a sense of Braamfontain as some […]
The most popular question for any beginner who has just started learning to code is that which is the best programming language to learn for a beginner like me? To start with, it can be a little bit daunting for a first-timer considering that there are many different programming languages available to choose from. Not […]
