Sometimes you set your own audacious goal and sometimes your hand is forced by a once-in-a-100-year pandemic. The goal? Within one month, transition 300 young work-seekers across Rwanda and South Africa from in-person work readiness programmes to mobile learning....
For the past ten years, USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) has supported innovators who are developing creative, scalable, and cost-effective solutions for the world’s most intractable development challenges. Many of these innovators are pivoting their...
Fabrice Muhirwa joined the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator network to look for a job right before the Covid-19 lockdown began. Things were difficult for him even before the pandemic; he had been unemployed for nearly two years. However, with the help of...
South Africa’s 58% youth unemployment rate was already a crisis before the coronavirus pandemic. Economists predict dire outcomes for the current lockdown generation who will face disrupted education and greater obstacles in the search for work. We must act to keep...
On 1 June, South Africa moves to Level 3 with many sectors returning to operation. This will only be sustainable if companies re-open safely. To assist safe re-opening, the Return2Work coalition* has launched www.return2work.co.za. It provides an easy-to-follow...
