What's being written about TechTalk.

Recent coverage

• TechCabal

  How TechTalk is rebuilding South Africa's junior engineer pipeline

  March 2026

• Daily Maverick

  AI mentorship at scale: inside Pretoria's quietly revolutionary internship

  January 2026

• Ventureburn

  TechTalk closes Series A at $4.2M to expand into Kenya and Nigeria

  November 2025

• Business Day

  The bridge between coursework and a first engineering job

  September 2025

• ITWeb

  Why 78% of TechTalk graduates land jobs within three months

  June 2025

Press contact

Journalists, podcasters, and conference programmers — please email press@techtalk.fun. We respond within one business day. For urgent deadlines, please flag the deadline in your subject line and we'll fast-track.

Available for interview

• Naledi Mahlangu, Co-founder & CEO — strategy, partnerships, the broader African tech-talent thesis.
• Sipho Dlamini, Co-founder & CTO — the AI mentorship engine, technical architecture, ethics of AI in education.
• Aisha Patel, Head of Programmes — curriculum design, learning outcomes, pedagogy.
• Alumni speakers — we can connect you with TechTalk alumni in their first or second engineering job. Two weeks notice preferred.

Media kit

Logos, founder photos, brand guidelines, and one-pager descriptions of the programmes are available on request. Email press@techtalk.fun with a quick note on how you'll be using the assets and we'll send the relevant pack the same day.

Public stats (cite freely)

• 2,400+ students placed in the programme since 2022
• 78% of graduates hired into engineering roles within three months
• 94% programme completion rate
• 85+ active hiring partners
• 47% women in the 2025 cohort
• Operating in 12 universities across South Africa