The first graduates of the Samsung Future-Innovation Lab at the University of the Western Cape begin pioneering careers in ICTThe Samsung Future-Innovation Lab is aimed at discovering and developing young people's full potential.After the launch of Samsung’s R280m Equity Equivalent Investment Programme , Samsung SA and the University of the Western Cape officially opened the Samsung Future-Innovation Lab on the UWC campus in Cape Town in March 2020.
The second cohort of the Future-Innovation programme is entering the final phase of their training. They have been upskilled in digital software development skills, design thinking, digital product development, user experience design and various other skills required to develop digital products to address social challenges.
Samsung and UWC's Microsoft AppFactory to deliver this advanced nine-month software development programme.Student Mikaela Gabriel says: “The Samsung FIL [Future-Innovation Lab] experience has simply been life-changing. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine an opportunity like this could happen to me. Looking back on my first day on August 12 2020 I remember having mixed feelings, but my gut told me that this was about to change my life.