C-Suite

Changing the skills landscape

WeThinkCode_’s CEO Nyari Samushonga believes in democratising the opportunities that IT offers by teaching young people to code.

02 September 2024

When you take over a leadership role, it’s natural to make a few changes to prove you have fresh ideas or think differently from your predecessors.

But how far do you go? If you become the CEO at an organisation you admire, why would you change everything about it? That’s what Nyari Samushonga did when she became the CEO of WeThinkCode_, an organisation that’s widely admired for training disadvantaged youngsters to become sought-after coders. Its students learn for free, get a stipend to live on, and leave with skills that companies are crying out for. So where was the problem?

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