Katlego Nyamba enrolled in an after-school activity teaching offline coding and it pushed him to achieve his very-best results for Matric.
Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa (05 February 2024) – Katlego Nyamba who matriculated at the LEAP Science and Maths School in GA-RANKUWA did so after finding his passion for computer sciences. He was enrolled in an after-school programme focussed on offline coding skills and he thrived. He went from a 50% pass-rate in Grade 11, to matriculating with several distinctions and earning a bursary to further his studies!
Tangible Africa is an engagement project of the Department of Computing Sciences at Nelson Mandela University, in partnership with Leva Foundation. Since 2017 it has been using mobile coding games to reach out to learners mainly in schools where there are no computers. The purpose is to introduce learners to coding concepts, and make them aware of careers in coding.
Jean Greyling reached out to share Katlego Nyamba’s inspiring story. Jean shared that he had sent the team a message in January 2023:
“Towards the end of Grade 11 I had no idea what I was going to do after school. I thought I I did not have many options.
Then my school chose me to attend a RANGERS coding workshop in Diepsloot sponsored by #AwsInCommunities. It was presented by Ms Trudie Didloff from Tangible Africa.
I enjoyed myself and Ms Trudie told me about the Tangible Africa online C# coding club. I completed all the activities.
Now I know I want to study computer science at a university and I want to become a software engineer. I am now working towards that dream thanks to Ms Trudy.”
Jean explained that his final marks in Grade 11 were in the 50’s. He warned Katlego that the marks were not good enough for a computer science degree. This was the moment Katlego set his mind on his future and put all his effort into his school studies.
After matric results came out in January, the team, were over the moon for Katlego. He had earned five distinctions and his lowest mark was 69%! He will be studying computer engineering this year at University of Pretoria with a full bursary from AWS.
Determination and success! Well done Katlego – May all your dreams become your reality.
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