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Qoder Programme Gives 165 Wits Computer Science Students Access to Alibaba Cloud's AI Coding Platform

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Telkom Foundation, BCX and Alibaba Cloud partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand in September 2026 to give about 165 third-year computer science students hands-on access to the Qoder AI coding platform for real-world software projects.

Qoder Programme Gives 165 Wits Computer Science Students Access to Alibaba Cloud's AI Coding Platform

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University of the Witwatersrand / Telkom Foundation / BCX / Alibaba Cloud
Period
Launched September 2026
Keywords
higher education, computer science, AI coding tools, industry partnership

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In September 2026, the Telkom Foundation, BCX and Alibaba Cloud partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg to launch the Qoder Programme, giving roughly 165 third-year Computer Science students access to Alibaba Cloud's Qoder AI-powered coding platform as part of their academic projects.

BCX, Telkom Group's technology solutions arm, contributes industry expertise intended to connect students' academic work with skills sought by employers, while Alibaba Cloud provides the Qoder platform itself for AI-assisted software development.

The programme is scoped to a single cohort at one university with no published outcome data yet, and forms part of a wider push by South African technology companies and universities — alongside initiatives like Injini's regional AI-for-education venture programme — to build practical AI skills pipelines for southern Africa's tech economy.

Read the full analysis: https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2026/2026-09/telkom-foundation-bcx-and-alibaba-cloud-partner-with-wits-to-expand-digital-skills.html

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