Top 15 Young Geeks - Class of 2020

Farisani Nonyana





Farisani Nonyana


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Farisani's Biography

Leave No One Behind

Farisani strives to introduce young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to the world of tech.

What she is doing is contributing to the SA tech ecosystem because young people are being exposed to tech and they will also take part in the 4IR, we need more people like her to introduce young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to the world of tech.

Farisani has been contributing to the SA tech ecosystem by volunteering her time to teach high school learners to code.


Favourite Quote

Being a woman in a team of all men means you are going to have a unique voice, it is important to embrace that. - Eric Teaguee


Dear South African Geeks,

First master the principles of programming, develop a programming style and then start building and learn other technologies.

- Farisani Nonyana


Farisani's Work

  • Vounteering at Girl Code

    At Girlcode where she continues to introduce and teach coding to young girls from Johannesburg.

    Social Coding

    Social Coding Saturdays workshops where she was teaching web development to high school leaners from high schools around Soshanguve and Garankua

    Geekulcha Vacation Work Programme

    The initiative consits of the Geekulcha Vacation Work (gkVacWork) programme, community outreach and mentorship for young people.

    Nunnovation and Telkom Programme

    Nunovation Africa in partnership with Telkom to introduce web development, mobile development and games development to grade 8 leaners at Siyanda Secondary school in Pietermaritzburg.



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