This month we are taking a deep dive into the articles released as part of the National Income Dynamics (NIDS) Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (CRAM) survey. This is the second wave of results to be released from NIDS CRAM, providing an overview of the experience of South...
As cases fall and lockdowns ease in some countries across Africa, it is key to understand how to mitigate the economic fallout of COVID-19, while also planning for innovations to continue engaging with the most excluded. Many countries have made massive commitments to...
In 2016, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner shot videos like this to present his company’s ambitious vision for a global “Economic Graph” mapping every worker, company, job, skill, and school…on the planet. Yes, all “three billion people in the global workforce,” Weiner...
In celebrating South Africa’s visionary companies and leaders committed to business as a force for good, Harambee received the 2019 Conscious Companies award for the Most Conscious NGO presented by Professor Mervyn King. The awards was accepted by Maryana Iskander,...
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...
“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...