Tiyani Nghonyama

Designation:
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Geekulcha

Area of Expertise:
Social Development

Location:
South Africa

Speaker Bio

Tiyani Nghonyama is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Geekulcha and Strategy Leader for the Northern Cape Developer Ecosystem, a Computer Engineer by background and a social development activist. In 2019, he was named as the 41st IT Personality of the Year by the Institute for Information Technology Professionals of South Africa (IITPSA). In his career, he has developed over 300 tech solutions, used by thousands of people including for Presidential and International programmes. He has led and facilitated a number of hackathons in South Africa, Lesotho and other countries. As an IT professional, he has given a number talks at conferences and a TED Talk, earlier in his career.

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