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Tangible EdTech Awards

The first ever Tangible EdTech Awards were awarded at a prestigious awards gala dinner in Cape Town on Wednesday evening 19 November.

Tangible is a project aimed at introducing learners to coding concepts without the need for computer labs, electricity or the internet. It has its origin from a BSc Honours project at Nelson Mandela University in 2017, when Byron Batteson developed the TANKS coding app.

With Leva Foundation as implementation partner, the project has evolved into a global movement across 5 continents, with various coding apps and a wide range of teacher material. In South Africa the focus is on empowering teachers from all schools with regards to the future implementation of the gazetted Coding and Robotics curricula. One of the main tools is a WhatsApp Chatbot, used to distribute free CAPS aligned lessons for Grades R to 7.

Tangible’s other flagship project is #Coding4Mandela, linked to the annual Mandela Day. In 2025 over 50 000 learners participated. This culminated into the Tangible World Cup in September where 340 teams from 30 countries participated. The World Cup was presented in collaboration with Amazon’s Think Big spaces.

Ryan le Roux, CEO of Leva Foundation: “We are proud to honour individuals and organisations for their deep local impact and wide large scale impact to provide access and opportunity to all learners.”

The founder of Tangible, Prof Jean Greyling: “This concept of #ChangingLives has been at the center of Tangible’s vision from the start. Based on Mandela’s famous quote, we believe that the son of a Farm Worker can become a Data Scientist, and the daughter of a Bank Teller can become a software developer.”

Prof Christa Grobler, Dean of Science at Nelson Mandela University: “As an academic it is wonderful to see that an Honours project did not end up on the shelf, but is ‘Changing the World”, as our logo states.”

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