How Ghetto Heroes Tech Innovation Aims To Bridge The Gap Between 4IR And Young People In Disadvantaged Communities
How Ghetto Heroes Tech Innovation Aims To Bridge The Gap Between 4IR And Young People In Disadvantaged Communities. Ghetto Heroes Tech Innovation is a Non-Profit Organisation bridging a gap between the 4IR and the young minds located in disadvantaged communities of South Africa through its fun programs and events hosted in different township areas to introduce coding and innovation.
The organisation equips the young minds with relevant skills to make sure they do not loose their jobs due to lack of computer skills. It believes coding is the key to the future therefore it is its mandate to reach as many people as it can to instill the sense of computer science and ignite the curiosity of technology during these early stages of tech campaigns. The future industry is filled with technology which makes tech skills essential.
The organisation’s mission is to assist the youth through coding in order to improve South Africa’s technical skills and condemning its societies’ stereotypes. “Coding may seem hard at first but Ask, Learn and code. Banks and companies are automated, they do not need people to replace the machines but need people to improve those machines. Coding is the key to the future.” said Diketso Setho, founder of Ghetto Heroes Tech Innovation, on the organisation’s website.
It would like to see children located in the ghetto taking part in the tech & innovation regardless of their community problems. It believes the people who can solve the problems are the people facing those problems that is why it needs to empower and educate about the importance of taking part in the technology industry.
Setho told Mail & Guardian that, “being able to inspire a lot of people when they find out that I am a self-taught coder with no qualifications, teaching coding and creating new start-ups without funding. Even the smaller lessons come in handy later in life, so never discount the value of their experiences.”
