Southern Africa / 
Zimbabwe / Bulawayo
Zim Code
Zim Code is bringing coding to the forefront of youth education and socio-economic empowerment in Zimbabwe. <p></p> The majority of the schools we work with have inadequate resources and equipment to support our coding courses. We solve this by using our mobile coding lab (laptops, projectors and internet) to deliver coding lessons to high schools. <mark>Every student gets to use their own computer and code at their own pace.</mark> <p></p> Our tutors are young college students below the age of 25, so our lessons have a peer-to-peer structure. Most of our students have remarked that Zim Code tutors are more relatable and for that reason, they learn more comfortably. <p></p> Our nonprofit model allows us to bring our product to those who need it the most: socio-economically disadvantaged youths. There exists traditional computer colleges and night schools for coding, but they are beyond the reach of the greater majority of Zimbabweans. Our coding school model is the first of its kind in Zimbabwe.
The Oasis
The Oasis is a platform designed to bring together Bulawayo’s creators and change-makers and to empower them to create solutions to the city’s challenges through entrepreneurship and the arts. <p></p> The Oasis is a place of <mark>convergence for entrepreneurs</mark>, creatives, corporates, non-profits, charities, churches and any stakeholders with a concern to build Bulawayo. The Oasis was built to inspire ideas that will change people’s lives for the better. <p></p> Our Amenities <p></p> Our work space is equipped with tools that will make work hassle-free for our creators. Gain access to inspiring facilities that make work fun. <p></p> Here is what is available: <mark><br> - Work spaces <br> - Broadband Internet <br> - Meeting rooms <br> - Phone booths <br> - Kitchen</mark>
CITE
Our mission is to create space for creativity and promote “ARTIVISM” which is the creative integration of art and activism for social change. <p></p> We believe in African Innovation, discovering the innovation opportunities is the first step in our process at the Centre For Innovation & Technology we provide an <mark>open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to turn these opportunities into meaningful products, services, and businesses</mark>, Sometimes we have a pretty good sense of where the opportunities are and the real challenge is to come up with ideas to take advantage of the opportunity.
The Tech Village
The Tech Village is an innovation hub that runs incubation and acceleration programmes focused on skill acquisition and youth engagement. <p></p> The TechVillage is the first and only collaborative working space for young entrepreneurs in Bulawayo, aiming to help build and launch 20 start-ups in and around Africa every year. Leveraging on the collaborative brilliance of our community and the use of technology to greatly reduce cost whilst significantly multiplying impact, <mark>The TechVillage seeks to empower the youth through the provision of relevant education, affordable access to information and technology and ultimately inspire creativity through experiences. While the TechVillage is physically based in Zimbabwe, it actively grows and connects with entrepreneurial communities across the continent that are called Tribes.</mark> Through the provision of resources, infrastructure, community, education and working space, the TechVillage will create employment, foster collaboration through peer driven learning and contribute to the development and commercialisation of Africa’s abundant intellectual and human resource.