From R700 to R1 Million: How Two Limpopo Friends Are Revolutionising Education
Update: 2025-07-23
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Two young men from a small village in Limpopo taught themselves to code, built an educational app with just R700 and a second-hand computer… and now they’ve received R1 million in funding and full support from Liberty’s #DriveHope initiative!
Marvel Shibambu and Malunghelo Mathonsi created NOVAR, a free, social-media-style learning app to help high school learners access quality education. Their story went viral on TikTok, captured the hearts of South Africans, and has now grown into something much bigger.
This is more than just a story about tech. It’s about resilience, community, kindness and what happens when a country believes in its youth.
Watch the full interview to find out how NOVAR is changing lives—one download at a time.
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Marvel Shibambu and Malunghelo Mathonsi created NOVAR, a free, social-media-style learning app to help high school learners access quality education. Their story went viral on TikTok, captured the hearts of South Africans, and has now grown into something much bigger.
This is more than just a story about tech. It’s about resilience, community, kindness and what happens when a country believes in its youth.
Watch the full interview to find out how NOVAR is changing lives—one download at a time.
🎧 Watch and listen to the episode on all our social platforms (like all of them)
📅 New episodes drop weekly.
🔥 Powered by Nando’s. Filmed at FLAME Studios.
💛 Stories that matter. Conversations that count.
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