Lindiwe Matlali, 2017 fellow of South Africa, gave a TEDx Talk titled “Knitting is Coding,” which has been published online on the TEDx platform. In her talk, Lindiwe explains how her Knit 2 Code program in South Africa connects knitting to computer science, revealing how grandmothers can teach a new generation the skills of the future.
Lindiwe is the Founder and CEO of Africa Teen Geeks, a non-profit organization that teaches school children and unemployed youth how to code.