Sponsor a Student
46.1% of South African youth are unemployed. 62.4% of school leavers have no work. For the cost of a weekend away, you can put a young person on a path to a cybersecurity career — with full transparency, weekly reports, and verified outcomes.
46.1%
Youth unemployment in SA
Stats SA, Q1 2025
62.4%
School leaver unemployment
Stats SA, Q1 2025
45,000
Unfilled cyber roles in Kenya alone
CompTIA, 2025
88%
Orgs hit by skills-gap cyber incidents
ISC2, 2025
How Sponsorship Works
Choose & Pay
Pick a sponsorship tier. Pay once-off. No subscriptions.
Student Onboards
Within 48 hours, your student gets full platform access and AI mentor assignment.
Weekly Reports
Every week you receive a detailed progress report — modules, scores, time invested.
Verified Outcome
On completion: verified credential, employer letter, and pipeline introductions.
Sponsorship Options
Every sponsorship includes the Verified Credential (R 1,499 value) at no extra cost, plus weekly reports to you.
Cyber Pathway Sponsorship
Founding 200: R 7,200
Full four-phase cybersecurity training for one student. Six months of access, AI mentors, 24 labs, certificates, and employer pipeline introductions.
All-In Sponsorship
Founding 200: R 9,600
Cyber Pathway + Workplace-Ready together. The day-one-ready outcome — verifiable certificate AND employer letter.
Workplace-Ready Sponsorship
Intro: R 4,000
Eight employer-validated workplace skills. For students who already have technical certification and need the employment bridge.
Our Commitments to You
These are not marketing promises. They are structural commitments built into how we operate.
Full Transparency
Weekly progress reports sent directly to you. See exactly what your student learned, their scores, hours invested, and what’s next. No black boxes.
Verified Integrity
Every sponsored student sits exams with identity verification (Smile ID), behavioural logging, and tamper-evident hashes. We publish a quarterly integrity report.
Free Retake Guarantee
If your sponsored student completes 100% of the programme and doesn’t receive a single interview from our Council pipeline within six months, they retake free. We absorb the cost.
Verified Credential Included
Every sponsored student receives the Verified Credential (normally R 1,499 add-on) at no extra cost. Identity-verified, AI-proctored, W3C cryptographically signed.
Quarterly Outcome Reports
Raw data, not glossy brochures. Completion rates, assessment scores, hiring outcomes, time to employment. We show you what works and what doesn’t.
Employer Pipeline Access
Your sponsored student gets introduced — by name and with portfolio — to our Employer Advisory Council. No placement fees. Real introductions to real employers.
What Your Weekly Report Looks Like
Weekly Progress Report
Week 3 of 24 · Phase 1: Cyber Foundations
On Track
AI Mentor Note: “Strong engagement this week. Struggled slightly with subnet masking — recommend revisiting Module 2.3 before the lab. Overall trajectory is excellent.”
Standard Sponsorship Proposal
We've prepared a formal proposal covering everything a potential sponsor needs to know: programme structure, integrity measures, reporting cadence, retake guarantees, and outcome commitments.