Africa's skills revolution starts here

Building a future where every learner's skills are developed, recognised, and connected to opportunity.

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ThinkShift is an education systems-change organisation that builds a unified standard for 21st-century competencies — used across policy, classrooms, technology, and assessment — so every learner's capabilities can be developed and recognised.

How we work

Our approach works across four integrated functions — each building on the last to create systemic change.

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Standardize

A shared standard for 21st-century competencies

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Embed

Turning competency standards into real learning

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Measure

Making competence visible through technology

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Connect

Connecting competencies to opportunity pathways

Now Available

Introducing the 
AI Assessment Engine

An AI platform that analyses learner submissions from institutional assessments and generates competency-based skills reports — giving learners, teachers, and institutions visibility into 21st-century capabilities.

Student dashboard showing Lesedi Mabitle in Grade 9 with 4 of 9 projects finished and a skills report with gauges for transferable skills rated 3.8/5 and soft skills rated 4.1/5, listing detailed scores for critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, cognition, resilience, adaptability, accountability, curiosity, and growth mindset.

Case Study

UNICEF & Department of Basic Education

ThinkShift provides technical support to UNICEF and the Department of Basic Education on one of the largest 21st-century skills programme rollouts in South African public education.