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South Africa: Mxit, CodeX Partner on Bursaries |
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IT Online News |
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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ICT for MDGs
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South Africa |
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Nov 21, 2014 |
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codeX was created by technology journalist and TV producer, Elizabeth Gould, former CEO of First National Bank and investor Michael Jordaan, and serial entrepreneur and engineer Dave Weber. They soon added agile coach Cara Turner to the team.
The programme actively recruits from youth leadership programmes, STEM schools, and computer training centres. The team is also focused on improving the wider gender disparity in tech.
Applications are now open and applicants can apply through the Mpower Sponsorship app on Mxit or via the codeX web site. Applicants must be aged 18 to 24 and have an active Mxit profile.
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South Africa: Mxit, CodeX Partner on Bursaries Mxit has partnered with codeX to offer three bursaries to the value of R25 000 each to young Mxit users for the next intake in February 2015 codeX is a new incubator focused on breeding skilled software developers to fuel South Africa’s technology ecosystem The apprenticeship programme trains young talented minds to build real software products and is supplemental to tertiary coding and programming training Very little coding experience is required to get in codeX is looking for determined and creative problem solvers with a demonstrated passion for building things
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