Mandla Njokwane, once a street kid and now a tutor at the Youth Development Trust (YDT) centre in Johannesburg, was awarded the youth innovation award at the annual African ICT Achievers awards. Njokwane, who grew up in Thokoza on the East Rand, was awarded a learnership at Thutong Training Institute For Communication and IT (TIICOT) as part of his prize.