The Bulungula Incubator (Bulungula) is found in Nqileni, in the Xhora Mouth Administrative Area within the Eastern Cape. Letsema has worked with Bulungula since 2018, assisting in the addition of an Internet-accessible, solar powered classroom for learners from Grade 1 to 7. Funding was also been provided for the new Bulungula College – discussed in […]
South Africa’s education system and a world defined by change requires educators to function at a high standard, and at times beyond their known skills and comfort zones. To effectively do so, a change in mindset is required. It is with this objective in mind that the Western Cape Education Department (WECD), in partnership with […]
On Wednesday, 6 May, the Umlambo Foundation, in partnership with Letsema, Funda Wande, and Africa Teek Geeks hosted a webinar focused on technology and education in a post COVID-19 world. The panel featured: Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – UN Under Secretary General & Executive Director of UN Women, founder of the Umlambo Foundation and former Deputy […]
One hundred kilometres south west of Mthatha alongside the Indian Ocean in the Eastern Cape is Nqileni Village, home of the Bulungula Incubator (BI). Réjane Woodroffe, an Africa Leadership Initiative Fellow was one of the BI’s founders in 2007 and has been its director since day one. She describes the communities the BI work with […]
Accounting graduates have only a few options to choose from after leaving university to complete their qualification. Those choices have binary pros and cons and it is this dilemma Letsema intends on fixing in the way Letsema knows best. The initiative began in the office of Letsema’s CEO, Derek Thomas. Katlego Tlale, Letsema’s Head of […]
There is a debate occurring within the halls and offices of business schools around the world, including South Africa: What is our role in society? How should we be moulding the future captains of industry? Letsema’s Chairman and Founder, Isaac Shongwe, is grappling with this debate in his role as chairman of the Wits Business […]
