Youth employment & skills partnership
Creating jobs for young technicians, with Sci-Bono.
IITECH places Sci-Bono ICT Academy students on live projects and absorbs them into paid roles, creating jobs for young South African technicians.
Study to work
From the classroom to live sites.
We work with the Sci-Bono ICT Academy at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg to give its students a direct pathway from study into paid work.
In 2026 we placed Sci-Bono ICT Academy students on live projects at a corporate head office and a Johannesburg data centre. They worked on real infrastructure for real clients, alongside our engineers, and were then absorbed into IITECH as paid junior employees.
We intend to keep absorbing students from the ICT Academy as the company grows.
The pathway
How a student becomes a technician.
Classroom training builds the foundation. Live site work turns it into employable skill.
Study
Students build their foundation at the Sci-Bono ICT Academy.
Placement
IITECH places students on live client projects, not simulations.
Live site exposure
Real infrastructure, real clients and real consequences, working next to experienced engineers.
Paid role
Students are absorbed into IITECH as paid junior employees.
In Sci-Bono's words
Recognised as an industry partner.
“Sci-Bono Discovery Centre therefore recognises IITECH as a responsible and valued industry partner…”
“A study-to-work pathway of the kind IITECH has provided directly addresses this structural barrier, and we regard it as one of the most effective forms of support any private-sector partner can offer our students.”
Why it matters
Experience is the missing piece.
South Africa's youth unemployment crisis hits young people without work experience hardest, whatever their qualification.
Sci-Bono puts it plainly: for capable young technicians, “the single greatest barrier they face is not a lack of skill but a lack of experience”. Employers ask for experience that young people have had no chance to gain.
Placing students on live projects and then hiring them closes that gap. Every student who moves from study into a paid role is a young South African technician in work, and proof to the next intake that the Academy leads somewhere concrete.
For IT and procurement teams
Hire engineers who are building SA's next generation of technicians.
When you book IITECH for smart hands, data centre support, cabling or field services, your work is done by a team that also trains and employs young South African technicians.
- Engineers across Africa and around the world, headquartered in Johannesburg
- Junior technicians learn on the job, alongside experienced engineers
- A supplier whose work creates jobs for young South Africans
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Quotes are taken from a letter of recognition from Sci-Bono Discovery Centre to IITECH dated 26 August 2026. Student and client details are withheld for privacy. The letter recognises a work-placement and employment relationship; it is not a formal accreditation.
Let's talk
Need hands on site? Let's get it done.
Tell us the site, the task and your time window. An engineer will get back to you, day or night.
+27 78 243 6482hello@iitech.co.zaJohannesburg, Gauteng