Technologies
Hands on capability in the data, AI, automation, analytics, and business platforms used by leading companies.
Data Analytics
AI
Automation
A KPI Project Legacy Initiative
Igniting 2,035 Data Science Careers for Young South Africans by 2035
More than a job. A launchpad. We bring exceptional young talent, world-class training, and deep mentorship together and place graduates into careers across the globe.
96%
Absorption Rate With Market Related Salaries
The Proof so Far
Real grads. Real jobs.
Almost every grad placed.
A programme that compounds.
THE STORY
From 105 Careers to a Generational Capability Movement
Five years ago, we set out to prove that South African youth, given the right opportunity, could become world class Data, AI and Automation practitioners.
105 careers later, with a 96% absorption rate, we know the model works. Every graduate is evidence that talent here is abundant. What was missing was the runway, the structure, and the right business environment.
Now we are building that runway at scale. 2,035 careers by 2035. This is not a job placement scheme. It is a national capability movement that helps companies modernise, future fit their teams, and open real career paths for a new generation.
Young digital talent brings energy, tools, and confidence with new technology. Experienced people bring domain knowledge, judgment, and context. Together, they create the capability companies need for the new world of work.
Why It Works
Three Things, Done Relentlessly
A 96% absorption rate is not luck. It is the result of selecting the right people, training them practically, and coaching them personally until they are ready to create value in a real business environment.
Purposeful Talent
We select graduates who are hungry, coachable, curious, and ready to grow. Talent matters, but attitude, discipline, and learning agility matter just as much.
Practical Training
We select graduates who are hungry, coachable, curious, and ready to grow. Talent matters, but attitude, discipline, and learning agility matter just as much.
Personal Coaching
We select graduates who are hungry, coachable, curious, and ready to grow. Talent matters, but attitude, discipline, and learning agility matter just as much.
What We Teach
Practical Skills. Real Tools. No Theory for Theory’s Sake.
We teach the theory graduates need, then move quickly into research, real data, practical case studies, technology, and presentations. The goal is not simply to know more. It is to solve real business problems and create value from day one.
Methodologies
Practical concepts from proven frameworks, including data analysis, project management, process improvement, root cause analysis, and problem solving.
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Improve
Manage
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Soft Skills
Professional behaviours that help graduates communicate clearly, take ownership, present confidently, and perform effectively from day one.
Communicate
Ownership
Present
Perform
Technologies Covered
Graduates build practical capability across a broad technology stack, with deeper specialisation based on their role, client environment, and business needs.
Data Analytics
Graduates learn to analyse data, build dashboards, automate reporting, model information, and turn complex data into clear business insights.
Power BI
Qlik
Tableau
Excel
AI and Large Language Models
Graduates learn to use leading AI platforms to research, analyse information, improve processes, build practical agents, and create solutions suited to the client's technology environment.
Microsoft Copilot
Claude
OpenAI
Low Code Automation
Graduates use low code platforms to digitise processes, manage tasks, improve collaboration, build trackers, automate workflows, and create greater visibility across teams.
Smartsheet
Monday.com
SharePoint
CPM / EPM / FP&A
Graduates gain exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, modelling, and performance management technology.
Prophix
Excel
Business Concepts and Methodologies
We take the most useful concepts from proven business methodologies and apply them to real problems, processes, data, and decisions. We do not teach every methodology in full. We focus on the practical concepts graduates can use immediately in the workplace.
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Project Management
Planning, scope, ownership, milestones, dependencies, and disciplined execution, supported by clear tracking of risks, actions, issues, and decisions.
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Data Analysis
Structured thinking, insight generation, trend analysis, comparison, and decision support.
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Business Analysis
Requirements gathering, problem definition, stakeholder needs, business context, and solution thinking.
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Business Process Management
Work breakdown structures, process mapping, roles and responsibilities, controls, handovers, bottlenecks, and process improvement.
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Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis
Using structured techniques to define problems, identify underlying causes, test assumptions, and solve the right problem.
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Strategy and Performance Management
Balanced Scorecard, KPIs, OKRs, goal alignment, performance measurement, and accountability.
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Lean Six Sigma
Waste reduction, quality improvement, process optimisation, root cause thinking, and continuous improvement.
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Software Development Lifecycle
Structured solution design, testing, deployment, adoption, support, and continuous refinement.
Professional and Leadership Development
Technical capability alone is not enough. Graduates are coached to communicate clearly, take ownership, work with others, and perform confidently in a professional environment.
Personal Mastery
Accountability, professionalism, discipline, resilience, self awareness, and continuous improvement.
Leadership
Initiative, ownership, collaboration, influence, decision making, and business awareness.
Communication
Clear written and verbal communication across business, technical, and leadership teams.
Presentation Skills
Presenting insights, dashboards, recommendations, and business cases with clarity and confidence.
Beyond Analytics
They Build Real Solutions, Not Just Reports
Graduates go beyond dashboards. They help build internal systems, automate manual work, improve processes, connect information, strengthen controls, build and deploy practical AI agents, tune and optimise them, and turn business needs into working solutions.
Build Internal Systems
Help design practical internal systems that coordinate work, capture information, guide users through processes, and provide clear visibility of progress and ownership.
Automate Manual Work
Identify repetitive activities and build practical automations that reduce effort, improve consistency, minimise errors, and free people to focus on higher value work.
Build and Optimise AI Agents
Design, build, deploy, test, tune, and improve AI agents that support specific business tasks, knowledge needs, decisions, and processes.
Strengthen Controls and Approvals
Build sign offs, approvals, checklists, audit trails, reminders, and escalation steps into everyday processes so that important controls are not dependent on spreadsheets or memory.
Connect Systems and Information
Build simple integrations that move information between platforms, reduce duplicate capturing, and make the right information available where it is needed.
Map Processes and Data Flows
Turn complex ways of working into clear process maps, work breakdown structures, roles, handovers, controls, and data flows that teams can understand and improve.
Improve Data Quality and Master Data
Identify missing, duplicated, inconsistent, or poorly structured data, then help clean, standardise, document, and strengthen the information used across the business.
Translate Business Needs into Solutions
Engage stakeholders, understand the real problem, define what information and functionality are needed, and turn business requirements into practical working solutions.
the 2035 goal
From 105 to 2,035.
The gap between where we are and where we’re going is the invitation. Every career we add is a family changed, a community lifted, and a global employer that wins.
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Part of our journey
Companies That Helped Shape the Programme
Since 2014, a number of organisations have given young South African talent the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in a real business environment. Some hosted graduates. Some supported training. Some helped us test and strengthen the model. Each played a part in the journey that has brought us to this point.
From the managers
How Our Graduates Have Made an Impact
Hear from the managers and mentors at our host companies — the people who worked alongside our graduates and saw the difference firsthand.
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Sarah Mitchell
Head of Finance Operations
ABSA
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David Naidoo
Data & Analytics Lead
Clientèle
Manager
Gavin Pretorius
FP&A Manager
PROPHIX
Manager
Vesta Khumalo
Reporting & Insights Manager
AECI
Placeholder names & videos — real manager interviews coming soon
the 2035 goal
See What Our Graduates Could Do Before - and What They Can Do After.
Real work samples from real graduates. The dashboards, automations, and analyses they built — side by side with where they started. Drop your email and we'll send the full results pack.
- Before/after work samples from 12 graduates
- Dashboards, automations, and reports they built
- Honest skill progression over 12 months
Get the results pack
One email. Real work samples. No fluff.
Before & After - Grad Work
No spam. Just one email with the work samples.
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A Career Changes a Life —
2,035 Careers Can Spark a Generation
Whether you host a cohort, sponsor a graduate, or introduce us to the right organisation, you can help build South Africa’s next generation of Data, AI and Automation talent.
How You Can Help
Five Ways to Ignite a Future
Swipe, tap a card to read more, and pick the path that fits. Every one of them moves us closer to 3,500.
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For Employers
Become a Host Company
Embed high potential graduates into your team while building practical Data, AI and Automation capability inside your business.
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Companies & Individuals
Sponsor a Grad
Fund the training and development of a talented graduate and help create a sustainable career. Your sponsorship covers training...
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Takes 30 Seconds
Refer a Grad
Know someone with talent, curiosity, and drive? Introduce them to an opportunity that could change the direction of their career.
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For Graduates
Apply as a Grad
Are you curious, driven, and ready to work hard? Apply to join the next generation of Data, AI and Automation practitioners.
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Powerful Impact
Share the Vision
Share this page with someone who can host, sponsor, refer, or open a door. One introduction could help create the next career.
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KPI Project Legacy
An initiative by KPI Management Solutions to ignite 2,035 data science careers for young South Africans by 2035.