Youth
Young people aged 18 to 35 building first careers and first businesses.
About us
Built in the Northern Cape, for the Northern Cape
Northern Cape Computer Hub, registered as Kapa Bokone Computer Club NPC, is a training and skills development provider that bridges the gap in ICT, business and entrepreneurship literacy.
Our story
A hub for the people who build the province
Kapa Bokone is Sesotho and Setswana for Northern Cape. We started in 2023 with a simple belief: talent is everywhere in our province, and access to technology should be too.
Since then we have trained more than 700 youth, women and persons with disabilities in digital and computer skills. We take training to the towns and settlements where people live, teach in their own languages, and make sure every participant leaves with something they built.
Today we work with renewable energy producers, government departments, universities and global development partners to grow a digitally skilled Northern Cape.
Our mission
To advance ICT, AI and entrepreneurship skills in rural and township communities, creating real pathways into work and business.
Our 2030 goal
5,000 youth, women and persons with disabilities trained by 2030.
Who we serve
Opportunity for those who need it most
Women
Women entrepreneurs and changemakers growing businesses with digital tools.
Persons with disabilities
Accessible, patient, hands on computer training that opens doors.
Rural and township communities
Small towns and settlements right across the Northern Cape.
Leadership
Led by a proudly Northern Cape technologist
Bataung Qhotsokoane
Founder and Managing Director
Born in Kimberley and raised in a rural community, Bataung founded the Hub so that young people across the province can access the same opportunities that technology created in Bataung's own life.
Bataung brings nearly a decade of experience in technology analysis, media and skills development to the Hub. That journey began as a technology analyst on Massiv Metro radio from 2017 to 2019, and continued in 2021 as co owner and Editor in Chief of iAfrikan, where Bataung reports on artificial intelligence, startups and digital policy across the continent. Bataung is a regular technology voice on SABC, 702, Power FM, SAfm and Kaya FM, has presented research on information security and asset management in Melbourne, Australia, and holds an LLB focused on cyber law together with training in entrepreneurship and business literacy. Every NCCH programme is shaped by this blend of technology insight, policy knowledge and practical business experience.
- Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2025, Artificial Intelligence
- 2025 Mandela Washington Fellow
- Editor in Chief of iAfrikan, an African technology publication
- Technology commentator on SABC, 702, Power FM, SAfm and Kaya FM
- LLB (UNISA) with a focus on cyber law
- Official media partner of the Deep Learning Indaba 2023 to 2026
- Board member, Northern Cape Schools Debating Association
Our programme teamOperations, project management, project assistants and facilitators who bring every programme to life in the community.
Recognition
200
Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans
In 2025 our founder was named one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans in the Artificial Intelligence category, a national honour celebrating young leaders who are shaping South Africa's future.
“Believing in your ideas is believing in yourself.”Bataung Qhotsokoane
That same conviction drives the NCCH AI Lab, bringing practical AI skills to every corner of the Northern Cape.
Credentials
A compliant, accountable partner
Fully registered and tax compliant, with the governance and reporting funders expect.
- Legal form
- Nonprofit Company (NPC)
- Registration
- 2023/784648/08
- Established
- 31 May 2023
- BBBEE
- Level 1 EME, 135% recognition
- Ownership
- 100% Black owned, 100% youth owned
- Appointment
- ITCILO and Microsoft Centre Partner, Northern Cape
Let us build the Northern Cape digital economy together
Fund a cohort, host a programme in your community or bring the AI Lab to your team. We design, deliver and report on every rand invested.