Every year, in August, South Africa marks Women’s Month in tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. A system meant to control women even further and reduce women to passive beings, at the mercy […]
Metropolitan launches a free financial course which teaches important entrepreneurship lessons. Celebrating Mandela Day on Monday 18 July and throughout Mandela Month, Metropolitan and FunDza Literacy Trust have partnered to launch a new edition of their free online financial literacy course, Making it with the Majolas. The online financial literacy course is centred around the
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Selebogo Molefe, a.k.a. DrLifesgud is co-founder of The Hookup Dinner (THUD), co-founder of The People’s Fund and currently MD of The Biz Plug, an enterprise development agency that focuses on the retail sector in the township and rural development space. His message to Africa’s Youth is, look to solve the problems in front of you
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Africa’s youngest climate change activist and Kenya’s youngest Mashujaa (national hero) is changing the world of environmental awareness and sustainability, one tree at a time. Ellyanne Chlystun-Githae Wanjiku is 12 years old and loves riding her bicycle around Hillview Estate in Nairobi, just as any young person in grade seven loves to do when they’re
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Ian Mangenga is the founder and CEO of Digital Girl Africa, a digital hub that bridges the gap between women in Africa and technology through critical digital skills training and tech career guidance. She founded the company in 2018 after realising that she had lost passion for the work she was doing at the time.
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The number of South Africa’s youth that are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) is unsustainable and a proverbial ticking timebomb. Shamiso Chideme, Social Investment Specialist at Tshikululu Social Investments, unpacks how social investors can find meaningful and realistic opportunities for young people to find purpose and dignity in their lives, and at the
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Fred Swaniker is the founder of the African Leadership Group, comprising the African Leadership Academy, the African Leadership University, ALX and The Room – a series of institutions on the African continent with an ambition of developing three million leaders for Africa by 2035. Swaniker was born in Ghana and, from the age of four,
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Katlego “KG” Mabusela is a former radio host on Highveld Stereo and Kaya FM and spends his time developing the country’s youth by encouraging them to see their inner self as fundamental to their being and the foundation onto which they build vital skills. Katlego currently runs a training business called YOUInc. which specialises in
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On 16 June we reflect on the tragic events of the 1976 Soweto uprising, and during the month of June, we celebrate the youth of our country – their potential, their future and their achievements. ImpactSA, together with Columba Leadership and Afrika Tikkun Services are launching a campaign in which we profile African youth leaders
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From an easy-to-use app to lesson plans, learner assessment tools and now also pioneering affordable micro-loans: GROW Educare Centres aims to lift the standard of preschool education and management in South Africa. A holistic solution for early learning Running a successful preschool or Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre requires a combination of education and business skills.
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