From modest beginnings in the heart of one of South Africa’s largest townships, Amohelang Lebele’s resilience and determination has landed her a position at one of the world’s most powerful cloud computing platforms.
Lebele admits that her journey into IT came about by accident. After working in this field for some time, she discovered she had a natural aptitude for it. Realising she could take her career further, she applied for aid to study data science. She then applied for a sponsored placement at ALX, a tech training provider, to study cloud development.
How did you get into the tech space?
Next to an institution where I was studying for my mechanical engineering diploma, there was a library I would visit. I met many people and had different conversations