Helping young people engage with opportunities outside of the formal sector
At 54%, South Africa has the highest youth unemployment rate in the world. At the forefront of this battle is Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, a not-for-profit organisation that finds jobs for young people across South Africa. Rob Urquhart, Head of Knowledge...
High unemployment is a symptom of South Africa’s economic malaise
After leaving school in 2006 Delvia Mbalati spent the next 12 years looking for a job. Her search took her from her village in Limpopo, a province in the north of the country, to Johannesburg, where she spent a year studying for a qualification at a college which...
Accelerating english through binge watching
“One language is poverty,” Annah told us. “Two languages is wealth,” she said, breaking into a smile. For a young woman who has been on the job hunt for nearly a year, she understood that despite having everything else employers were looking for, speaking English was...
Harambee wins the 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Foundation announced today that Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator has received the 2019 Skoll Award…