Tendekayi Katsiga is the Director of Deaftronics Botswana, a company which produces high quality, low-cost solar powered hearing aids made by people who are deaf for people with hearing loss. Tendekayi was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. and attendend Harare Polytechnic, obtaining a Higher National Diploma in Electronics. He also attended Microniks Technical College in Canada and became a PACE Certified Instructor/Examiner. He has been featured in the Newsweek Magazine, National Geographic, BBC, WIRED Magazine, Daily Edventures Post, I am Youngpreneur, The Heretic, and Smart Planet. He is a recipient of the South African Designers Awards (DISA), National Design for Development Award (NDDA), 2020 Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 by Johnson & Johnson Award, the Most Potential for Societal Impact Award, the Builders of Africa’s Future Award, the Social Innovation Award, and the Digital Accessibility & Assistive Technology Award.

In his career, Tendekayi has worked in Zimbabwe, Canada, Brazil, Jordan, and Botswana, where he has facilitated a partnership with Solar Ear, Johnson & Johnson, and UNICEF. Under his guidance, he managed to work with deaf people in designing a solar powered hearing aid and participated in the establishment of a sign language banking dictionary and the establishment of an HIV/Aids sign language dictionary. From its base in Botswana, Deaftronics employs 12 hearing impaired people. Through his leadership skills Tendekayi managed to negotiate a partnership with the largest school for the deaf in South Africa, the National Institute for the Deaf (NID). Among other things, Tendekayi sits on the board of a US-based international inspiration children’s magazine called Visual Aid.