Nkosinathi Temba, co-founder and CEO of Thuto.io.
SOUTH AFRICAN TECH FIRM IS GAMIFYING YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION INTO A SURVEILLANCE NIGHTMARE – AND PAYING THEM FOR THEIR DATA. Thuto.io, a start-up hailed by international elites, is NOT just a learning tool; it’s a BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION PLATFORM that tracks every click, scores every answer, and REWARDS compliance with digital tokens.
CEO Nkosinathi Temba began this Orwellian project in 2022, and by 2025, his AI-driven system will be monitoring HALF A MILLION students. The shocking truth? Students are bribed with “Thuto Coins”—pegged to the rand—for completing “micro-assessments,” turning their learning journey into a CAPITALIST GAME where knowledge is secondary to profit.
Parents are paying R50 a month to have their children’s every academic move watched, analyzed, and monetized, with partners like Nedbank and Melon Mobile handling the transactions and data. This isn’t empowerment; it’s the ULTIMATE DATA HARVEST under the guise of “addressing motivation gaps.” Critics warn this creates a generation that values financial reward over genuine curiosity, reducing education to a series of surveilled tasks.
Temba claims the platform makes learning “human again,” but the reality is a dystopian fusion of banking and schooling where performance is currency and privacy is extinct. The question isn’t if this will scale, but at what COST TO OUR CHILDREN’S MINDS? We are sleepwalking into a future where Big Brother is not just watching—he’s grading.
Author: Kayitsi.com
