Introducing Bilal Kathrada

Bilal Kathrada is the CEO and founder of IT Varsity, an education business focused on transforming South African computer science graduates into fully employable junior developers. As well as speaking at conferences and advising businesses about strategic digital transformation, Bilal writes a weekly tech opinion column for The Cape Argus, a South African newspaper. Passionate about transforming the tech landscape of the future, he has also launched CompuKids, an educational program designed to provide a 21st century computer science curriculum in primary and secondary schools. Find Bilal on Twitter: @BilalKathrada.

Geertjan Wielenga: Can you briefly talk about your background?

Bilal Kathrada: I'm a software engineer by profession, I'm a certified Java programmer, and I've done some Java development in the past. Now I run an online institute that trains people to become developers.

Geertjan Wielenga: In many ways, I think...