Technology is more than innovation and invention. It’s more than accessibility, efficiency and productivity. It is, for Marzanne Collins, CIO at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, the toolkit that allows for organisation and individual to drive change for social...
At least 3 million jobs have been lost this year and labour market participation by young adults has dropped a staggering 12 percentage points to just below 16%. If job losses persist, we will have lost a decade’s worth of job growth in only six months. As we look...
Across the African continent, the concept of a “side hustle” is not new. Slow job growth, accompanied by a high number of labour market entrants, has meant that young people have for a long time been engaging in informal ‘side’ work to make ends meet. Young people in...
Days before the launch of Harambee’s newest partnership with the South African presidency to scale up in-person job placement centers across the country, COVID-19 forced the country into lockdown. Plans came to a halt, and Harambee pondered how to move forward in the...
