Tiyani Nghonyama

Tiyani Nghonyama is COO and CTO of Geekulcha in South Africa. He is a 2013 TEDxPretoria and Tech4Africa speaker. He was selected as one of the Top 20 Most Inspirational Youth in South Africa in 2015 by Youth Village. A software and hardware developer, Tiyani drives social development initiatives such as RHOK Pretoria, Arduino Day South Africa, and the Geekulcha VacWork, among others.

He is involved in driving and cultivating Geek culture activities in the Northern Cape and has established the NCDev ecosystem in the province. One of his favourite things to do is lecturing and training in institutions such as TUT, UNISA, GIBS and various FET colleges.