Motsepe graduated from theUniversityof Swaziland and then became one ofthe few black law graduates oftheUniversityoftheWitwatersrand in Johannesburg, designated whites-only by the apartheid government (he had to apply for an exemption to attend).
The Platform was developed with a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) framework by theUniversityofWitwatersrand, South Africa within the Africa Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) Consortium comprising of 11 African universities.