An academy in South Africa is using the popular video game, Minecraft, to teach children coding. Some consider Minecraft a virtual version of Legos. It's one of the most popular games in the world, with nearly 75-million users a month. Sumitra Nydoo has more.

Florah Maduma, a young South African IT specialist, left the corporate world to teach children about coding and she's using the popular game Minecraft to do that.

FLORAH MADUMA MANAGING DIRECTOR, QBERTY HOLDINGS SKILLS ACADEMY "It becomes so difficult when you are trying to say to a child, you know today we are dealing with underwater creatures. Now they have to now visualise that and try and create those pictures in their heads. And they create different pictures. Some don't even have those pictures because they might not have even seen what a seal looks like. Now with Minecraft, such pieces of work become so easy.

Minecraft transports users to different worlds. Children use pixelated blocks to create anything their imagination allows. Unknowingly children are developing their organisational and fine motor skills.

"We're learning how to build, and do Minecraft and download our own games, and play."

"I like building houses and I love playing around, building cool stuff which I can feel like when I grow up, I'm gonna do this house and I love making stuff which I never see and fighting monsters."

"I've played Minecraft for a long period of time. I think it's been 3-4 years now but this is my first time doing Minecraft Education edition. I've actually learnt a lot so far. For example, I've learnt to be much more creative in what I do, and just express my mind."

Minecraft is a digital version of the iconic Lego blocks and is based on the same concept to improve constructive and lateral thinking.

FLORAH MADUMA MANAGING DIRECTOR, QBERTY HOLDINGS SKILLS ACADEMY "We do Lego education where we are teaching kids how to do robotics and it's also another way of coding. They've got programmes that they build into the robots where they have to create certain patterns. They have to create certain beeps there's colours that they become creative with. So, there's teamwork, there's collaboration which is a very critical skill in the workplace. There's leadership because we also create leaders to say you will lead the project. And there is also what we call citizenship where they become responsible citizens."

Maduma's dream doesn't end there. The tech entrepreneur wants to take the academy into public schools and disadvantaged communities. She's now working on funding. SN, CGTN, JHB, SA.