Thando Hlongwane
Co-Founder & Director at Nisa Finance
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolThando Hlongwane is a computer scientist and serial founder with eight years’ experience building fintech and education technology solutions across Southern Africa. As Co-Founder and Director of Nisa Finance and Lipa Payments, he has designed and commercialized patented contactless and mobile payment systems that help merchants accept card and wallet payments even on low-end devices and offline networks. He also co-founded Zaio, an outcomes-focused online IT school that gamifies developer training and guarantees job pathways, reflecting his commitment to skills-to-employment pipelines. A Mandela Rhodes, Allan Gray Oribis and Anzisha Prize fellow, Thando serves on UNICEF’s Yoma steering committee and contributed to South Africa’s national STI foresight work, blending product delivery with policy and ecosystem building. He’s driven by a mission to advance financial inclusion and education in Africa, combining technical depth with practical, region-tailored deployment experience.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BSC Honours - Computer Science Computer Science, BSC Honours - Computer Science Computer Science at University of Cape TownNational Senior Certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, National Senior Certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Durban High School (DHS)
English, Zulu
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
nodejs6
herokuapp6
npm6
react-native6
firebase5
socket5
expressjs5
socket-io4
webapp4
cli4
mongodb4
javascript3
websocket3
enzyme-testing2
testing2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mthlongwane/node-chat-app
Sep 2018 - May 2020
This is a nodejs realtime webapp with socket.io Demo - https://damp-reaches-77045.herokuapp.com/
Contributions:25 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
realtimesocketsocket-ioexpressjssocketio
mthlongwane/digijam30seconds
Sep 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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