Enabling Vision Through Sound.

M.A. in Organisational Psychology from Columbia University, New York. Blind social entrepreneur with 40 years experience in the disability sector and 10 years in Audio Description, researcher and globally recognised disability strategist.

B.A. in Film and Motion Picture. Responsible for AD content development at ShazaCin with 3 years of experience in Audio Description.

BSc in Computer Sciences. Technology Development Lead at ShazaCin with 3 years of AD experience, responsible for the ShazaCin app.

Author, editor, researcher and advocate for inclusive development. BA Hons in Politics and Theology with more than 30 years experience in media and human rights programming.

Blind diversity practitioner specialising in disability inclusion since 1999. Background in sales and marketing, passionate about all applications of Audio Description.

Deafblind person who has acquired expertise in AD verification. Ensures that AD scripts are both understandable and enjoyable for the blind viewer. Administers the ShazaCin AD Movie Club.

Sibongakonke Gasa is a BA in Motion Picture graduate specializing in Video Editing and currently serves as an Audio Description Generalist at Shazicin Accessible Media. In this capacity, he plays a key role in leading and delivering audio description production while overseeing aspects of social media management, graphic design, and video editing for digital platforms. His work contributes to shaping accessible, high-quality media outputs that align with the organisation's mission of inclusive storytelling and accessible communication.

Architect and Developer of the describeAT app, Technology Strategist, and Developer of several mobile apps.

Success is no accident. It takes vision, hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love for what you are doing or learning to do.

I started out as a learn-as-you-go web developer way back in 2002. Ohhh! how technology has changed since then. I'm always learning new and exciting tech and trends. I am a problem-solver and very fortunate that the tech industry is ever-evolving, ensuring daily exciting challenges.

I enjoy working on solutions where hi-end tech is used, NLP, AI, Cloud computing, Machine Learning, Voice analysis, Speech recognition, Biometrics.

Most of all, I am extremely excited about what the future world of tech holds!!

I was born in Vereeniging and went to the Pioneer school for the blind in Worcester in the Western Cape.

After I finished my secondary education, I went to study at the Northwest University campus in Vanderbijlpark where I completed my Honors degree in languages and translation studies. Thereafter I was a junior Lecturer in this field for five years for first year to third year students with my focus area being audio description as inter-symbiotic translation.

I then accepted a transfer to the newly formed disability rights unit (DRU) where I worked for five years as an Assistive Technology Specialist – ensuring that students with special needs had the support needed to complete their studies – be it physically, technologically or mentally.

I am currently employed by the South African National Council for the Blind in Pretoria as an Assistive Technology Specialist ensuring that people with visual problems have the technology they need to improve not only quality of life, but live in a more accessible world with more independence and on an equal footing with their sighted peers.

I am also a consultant at Shazacin Accessible Media where I help to do audio editing, construct audio described tours and ensuring that the final product meet expectations.

I firmly believe that visually impaired people have just as many rights as their sighted peers and that, through my efforts (and those of companies like Shazacin), we are making this vision happen.