We provide free mobile-based interactive courses on digital basics to South Africans who have never been connected to the Internet or are struggling to use it.​

Our courses help young people and adults get the actionable digital skills needed to look for work, to learn and to make their lives easier.  

​We shine a light on the digital blind spot which holds the majority in this country back from economic opportunity and growth. 

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What's the use of the Internet if you don't know how to use it?

That's the problem faced by the majority of South Africans.

• 27 million South Africans are NOT connected to the Internet.
• 31 million do not have an email address.
• A majority of those who do have an email address do not know how to use it.
• Only 1 in 10 households have a computer.
• More than 50% of South Africans do have a smartphone - but many of them use them for just WhatsApp and Facebook. 
• ​37% of South Africans do not believe the Internet is useful for them.

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Building a strong digital foundation 

Our courses help young people and adults get the actionable digital skills they need to begin to use the tools they already have at their fingertips. To get a job. To learn. To make their lives easier.

Our courses are online on a mobile App. 

Learners can use the tablets in our centres or on tablets provided by other community-based organisations. 

OR they can download them on their smartphones and take them home.

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​Learning is fun.
Language is easy to understand.
​Learning is done on the tools they have at home.

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What our learners say

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 Solving the literacy challenges of the 21st Century

​The ABC of Digital

SHARP Digital is a non-profit organisation providing starter digital literacy skills to 1st generation and 1st-time users of the Internet and digital technology.

We are a young non-profit organisation with a passion for ‘turning the tide on the digital divide’.

Our mission is to give teenagers and adults with no or limited experience of the Internet or digital technology the actionable digital skills they need to begin using the tools they already have at their fingertips. 
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