Zizipho Sarah Dipa is an alumnus of the System Development Programme Level 4 programme, part of Telkom’s digital skills initiative. She completed her training in December 2022. During her training, she was placed at Telkom for experiential learning as a CMSS and SIPTRUNK project file user. She is currently a contract employee in solutions architect support at Telkom. She completed her secondary education at Wallacedene Secondary School in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein in 2017. She previously worked as a census field worker for Stats SA