It’s crazy how time flies when you're occupied in your own lane and making major strides while you're at it. That’s what our Umuzi community has been up to. October has come & gone, but we caught enough of her to fill you in on how good we have had it. I’m talking new beginnings for recruits & staff; some major milestones reached by our subsidiary the African Coding Network and some a$$ kicking all the way from the DPD team.
The Work Placements
Tshepo Mohlatlole from C16 has joined Synthesis Software as a Software Developer.
Weston Nyirenda from C16 has joined Integrate as a Web Development Intern.
Slimcar Mahlangu from C20 has joined the Cloud LYDR as a Dev Ops Engineer.
Gabisille Camana got an opportunity to join TIH as a UX Strategist on a YES Learnership.
Recruits Making Moves
UI/UX Design Spotlight
Esau Mashiakgotshi (C28)
A previously shy and reserved recruit that’s grown so much in the past couple of months to a strong presenter with beautifully crafted designs and and interesting, insightful and on pulse presentations.
Keep working on your craft. Keep practicing, keep over preparing. - Nhlangano
Andiswa Charlie Soqinase (C28)
A Ux recruit that’s always been able to sell his work, speak well to his design choices and findings.
Charlie’s ability to craft visuals, interfaces and presentations has grown so much over the past couple of sprits.
Remember you’re now a UX strategist with UI Design superpowers, keep crafting keep sharpening the tool. - Nhlangano
African Coding Network
The African Coding Network has been pulling some powerful a$$ kicking moves! This includes learners on the Grow with Google certificate programme as well as Warwick Vlantis aka sir Olenge, if you know you know. They have 140 complete certificates as of last week ,the end of October 2021. This takes them to a 29% completion rate for yoma learners. This is a crazy impressive percentage because the average completion rates in online courses are generally low, averaging around 13%.
Another awesome thing you can checkout from the ACN front is their new instagram account. Here you will find a showcase of the growing ACN community of those making progress in their courses and those who have completed their certificates.
Alumni Making Moves!
Bonko Khoza
Bonko (C8 )has just landed the lead role in the much anticipated "The Wife" on Showmax
Based on the Dudu busani-Dube's famous books, Hlomu the Wife series. Check out the article below
Click here to read the full article.
Khotso Mahlangu
Khotso (C1) worked on a campaign with Joe Republic United for an Assupol campaign. Their work secured them a 3rd place win at the Pendoring Awards virtual ceremony held on Thursday 4th November 2021.
Behind the Scenes: Umuzi Edition
New Faces On The Block
We have two brilliant people who have joined our rad Umuzi team. Musa Mboweni joins the User Journey Team aka Liezel's Team as the Learner Support Manager/Coordinator. We also have Vuyisanani Meteni joins the tech team as an Ed-Tech Developer. These hit the ground running and have been kicking a$$ all month long! Check out their profile cards to get know them ncinyane.
Throwback Of The Month
Urban Muthi presents: Protest
This month’s YouTube throwback is all about protest action and the peoples thoughts on the matter. This is however a light hearted take on the subject matter guaranteed to activate some chuckles and a couple of good laughs. Also another great insight you’ll get from this piece is that Protest = Tourism. I know you probably wondering how joe? Well, just check out the clip
Enjoy!