Luvuyo & Lonwabo Rani Aim To Up Skill Low Income Communities. Silulo Ulutho Technologies is a South African company that was established in 2004 by brothers Luvuyo Rani, who serves as the company’s Managing Director and Lonwabo Rani, who also serves as the company’s Managing Director. Silulo Ulutho Technologies is a fast-growing technology company that provides its clients in townships and rural areas with affordable computer services. This includes computers, Internet access, mobile-phone services and training. With the services that the company offers in its centres, it is able to improve employability and entrepreneurship where it operates. The company empowers its clients by giving them access to the global digital world and teaches them how to operate within it. The company perfected a “one-stop shop” model, tailored for township communities, where you can find Internet, training, sales, help, repairs and mobile support.
The enterprise is a social business where people learn skills, find employment or run their own businesses. Its IT centres are based in high-traffic areas such as townships and rural malls. This central positioning, together with attractive pricing and a broad product and service offering, attracts residents of all income brackets and market segments. Each Silulo Ulutho Technologies outlet offers computer training. Silulo Ulutho Technologies training centres are open from 8am to 8pm and classes run at two-hour intervals; making it more convenient for students and employed people to attend.
The company’s clients have a number of accredited courses to choose from, at affordable prices that can be paid off on a monthly basis. The courses focus not only on technical skills acquisition, but also on “soft skills” such as building learners’ confidence in themselves and with technology. The courses help learners understand the job environment, with modules in CV writing, presentation, career planning, interview situations and entrepreneurship. Where necessary, it also helps its clients overcome personal problems as it values its clients and goes beyond the call of duty to assist them.
Silulo Ulutho Technologies boasts an impressive track record since its formation as over 20 000 people have graduated from the computer literacy classes across Silulo’s training centres, 60% of Silulo employees are graduates of Silulo, 5% of Silulo’s employees have started their own businesses and about 50% of Silulo graduates find employment in call centres, retails stores, or data capturing.
