Thapelo Strike Mahlaule (born 15 November 1991) better known as FERRO Thapelo, is a South African entrepreneur, augmented and virtual reality developer and a multimedia professional. He grew up in a township called Soshanguve in the north of Tshwane, Gauteng, graduated in IT Multimedia in Tshwane University of Technology, late in 2016 Ferro founded a company called FERRO Group that specializes in software development mainly: augmented and virtual reality, game design and development, 3D animations and multimedia consultancy.