Community Engagement

Ulwazi Outreach

Ulwazi is an initiative that was born out of a need for the Department of Information Systems to engage with the community at large.  The aim of  Ulwazi is to make a positive impact in the Grahamstown community in conjunction with students who have an active interest in making a difference. A variety of projects that have the community at heart will be undertaken and seen through to completion.

There is no questioning that technology has taken the world by storm. We would like to see an environment that vigorously attempts to keep afloat in the tide of technology. The Ulwazi initiative aims to realise ways in which to assist the community from a technological perspective. Ultimately Ulwazi Outreach would like to yield a new breed of Grahamstown community which is empowered through the transferal of ICT skills.

Project: Makana Municipality Library
Here we intend to work with the local librarians in a collaborative effort to assist them with their library cataloguing system as well as help students from local schools with skills related to general computer literacy and information-seeking. We hope to that through this outreach programme we will raise awareness of the Information Systems career path and the vast opportunities that exist in the field.