The engineers, testers and builders who guide participants and pick the winners.
Founder, Worklyn — Rawk is a founder and engineer who has built technology across financial services and startups. He was an early engineer on Capitec Pay at Capitec, and helped scale Paystack into Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa. He's now founder of Worklyn, a record management service for businesses' WhatsApp messages, emails, invoices, and important dates, which raised R1.8 million in 2025. He's spent the last few years building and experimenting with AI agents, and is especially interested in how agentic systems move beyond demos to solve real problems.
Full-Stack Developer — A corporate certified Microsoft developer specializing in web and desktop systems, with ambitions of becoming a solutions architect. Currently learning mobile development and container optimisation.
Software Test Analyst & Founder, Sebaka — A software test analyst passionate about IT and mentorship.
Java Developer, FNB — Hands-on experience in backend development, API integration, SQL, and performance testing. Works with Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Kafka, NiFi, Maven, REST APIs, and JMeter, including load testing, TPS analysis, identifying performance bottlenecks, and monitoring application behaviour.
Full-Stack Developer & Research Assistant — Works in data analytics and enjoys building innovative solutions, exploring AI and emerging technologies, and helping others grow their software development skills. Passionate about entrepreneurship, hackathons, and using technology to solve real-world problems.
Software Developer & Data and Impact Officer — Experience across data analytics, software development, and game development, working with Python, JavaScript, C#, React, Node.js, SQL, Excel, and Power BI. As a Data & Impact Officer, works with SQL Server, data analysis, automation, and Power BI dashboards to help organisations track impact and make data-driven decisions. Has taught programming to 60+ students, helping them build applications, websites, and games.