He actively encourages and supports the tech community in Africa. His efforts have been recognized with numerous awards and honors in his native South Africa.

Mixo Ngoveni (photo) is a South African tech entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Geekulcha, a platform that connects information and communication technology (ICT) students with the professional world. 

Founded in 2013, Geekulcha brings together young, skilled, creative, and ambitious talent in the tech sector. The platform fosters knowledge sharing and collaboration on various projects. It organizes tech events, offers training, and helps students enhance and strengthen their skills. Geekulcha also hosts hackathons and numerous tech events, providing its "geek" community with opportunities to develop digital skills. Its mission is to make South Africa’s tech ecosystem more competitive while ensuring that innovative tech solutions incorporate sustainability wherever possible.

Mixo Ngoveni holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, with a focus on business applications, which he earned in 2013 from Tshwane University of Technology. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a "Microsoft Student Partner" while also serving as an assistant at the mLab incubator. From 2018 to 2021, he was the head of Red Bull Basement in South Africa, a tech initiative from the Red Bull brand.

Ngoveni has been recognized and celebrated as one of South Africa’s top young leaders and entrepreneurs by various media outlets and organizations. Notably, he was featured in the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans in 2015 and was a finalist for the South African Institute of Information Technology Professionals (IITPSA) IT Personality of the Year award in 2017.

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