About Us
Waloyo connects key stakeholders
With a small team, Waloyo connects relevant role players in order to get the future workplace skill programs to youths in Africa. Our role is to connect stakeholders, raise funds, coordinate implementations and collate impact measurement.
The NPO/ After School Centers bring access to their youth beneficiaries and implement the program.
The Funders, fund the programs to ensure future skills as their return on investment.
The Partners support programs by providing training content or other services.
What Waloyo does:
Evaluate potential participating organisations (NPOs and After School Centers) to ensure that they are committed.
Raise funding for approved participating organisations.
Connect the services of partners in order to deliver the programs.
Collate measurement and evaluation outcomes from the programs into reports
We make it easier for participating organisations by bringing them a fully funded program that they can implement and offer confirmation to funders and partners that their contributions will show a positive return.
What Waloyo is not:
A participating partner with youth beneficiaries.
A creator of curriculums and learning material.
A funder for the programs.
Our Vision & Mission
Vision:
Waloyo is a leader in translating future workplace skills into practical programs delivered for underprivileged African youth aged 6 – 18 years old and has a strong presence in at least five African countries, built with the help of inspired participating organisations, loyal and trusted funders and partners.
Mission:
Equipping underprivileged African youth (6 – 18 years old) with tangible, critical, future workplace skills in an efficient and impactful manner, working with visionary and ethical funders and best-in-class partners.
What differentiates Waloyo:
Future focused: relevant practical skills for participants and future workforce for funders and partners
Holistic program that covers providing computer equipment, training material and paid facilitators - fully funded
Transparent and robust selection and monitoring processes to ensure measurable outcomes
Passionate founders with diverse and extensive experience.
Best in-class partners means we don’t reinvent the wheel
Aligned to SDGs and ESG targets
Our values guide our activities and they confirm what the beneficiaries and other stakeholders believe – I CAN:
Impact Driven | Collaboration through partnerships | Being Accountable | Have fuN
The team
Passionate about technology and the benefit it can bring, we decided to help grow the future strategists, designers, engineers, and builders of technology, from a young age.
Daniel has a strong technical consulting and training background, specialising in Cyber Security, and is based in London, UK where he works with clients all over the world.
Freda is based in the Cape in South Africa and has a strong Innovation and global startup technology matchmaking background. She has also been a fundraiser for a local community development organisation.
Greta is an experienced communications specialist. Based in Qatar, she works for an international financial services provider as a strategic communications specialist with oversight of the operations in Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. She also has Corporate Social Responsibility, Management and Leadership skills.
Lucretia is based in White River, South Africa. She is an experienced coding and robotics education specialist and a passionate advocate for disability-inclusive curriculum adaptation and research.
Chané has studied Psychology and Sociology, now perusing Graphic Design and Social Media Management while based in South Africa. With prior upbringing/ teaching experience in Qatar, she embraces her diverse culture and works towards helping others and tackling homelessness.
Why are we called Waloyo?
We were inspired by the moving piece of music called Waloyo Yamoni composed by Grammy award winner Christopher Tin.
The word Waloyo means to overcome in Lango, an East African language. As a name, Waloyo means someone with immense ambition, who is confident and tackles difficult problems with forward-thinking solutions.. We embrace this, as part of our organisational character.
Translated into Zulu Waloyo means "ukunqoba" and in Xhosa "uloyiso". In Sotho it means "tlholo" and in Afrikaans it is "oorwin".
We selected the sunbird as an icon in our logo as it is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and it represents new beginnings and is a symbol of hope and change.