Tangible Africa’s unplugged coding revolution shared at USAf conference

Tangible Africa, an initiative that teaches coding without requiring computers, electricity or internet access, has earned several national and international accolades, including the 2024 Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) President’s Award.

In 2025, Universities South Africa (USAf) selected it as one of the country’s leading societal impact cases.

Prof Greyling describes it as the best honours project he has supervised in three decades.

Tangible Africa uses small, puzzle-like tokens to represent coding instructions.

Having undergone two global evaluations, including UNICEF’s Learning Cabinet, Tangible Africa demonstrates how locally developed university innovation can achieve international impact.