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Bridging the skills gap in South Africa starts with reimagining its approach to education

As the world hurtles toward a more digital, automated and interconnected future, the question that should be on our minds as a nation is – “Are graduates being adequately prepared with the right skills to survive and thrive, now and in the future?” According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, employers […]

Bias for academic qualifications over vocational training has led to an undersupply of skills in crucial areas such as equipping people to become artisans and entrepreneurs.

Skills gap devours young people’s dreams

Youth unemployment is a crisis but educational reforms have the potential to turn the rising tide

Closing the digital skills gap to empower the workforce of the future

As we begin to settle into the new year, many learners around the continent are stepping into a new chapter. Some might pursue higher education at a tertiary institution, while others might enter the job market directly. Regardless of the path they have chosen, one thing remains constant: to build the workforce of the future, […]

Mandisa Mathobela, Partnerships Manager, UNICEF South Africa; Hana Yoshimoto, Chief of Education, UNICEF South Africa; Seliki Tlhabane, Chief Director, Department of Education; Irfan Akhtar, Deputy Representative, UNICEF South Africa; ; Tebogo Ramagoshi, Head, Corporate Responsibility, BMW Group South Africa; Mbasa Kepe, Head of Government and External Affairs, BMW Group South Africa; and Sudeshan Reddy, Communications Specialist, UNICEF South Africa.

UNICEF and BMW Group partner up to bridge the STEM gap

Educating young people for tomorrow requires teaching them new skill sets

Drivers in the cabin of a hydrogen-powered truck during a moving demonstration, part of Anglo American Plc’s NuGen carbon-neutral project, at the Anglo American Platinum Ltd. Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mogalakwena, South Africa, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Anglo American unveiled the worlds biggest green-hydrogen powered truck at a platinum mine in northeast South Africa where it aims to replace a fleet of 40 diesel-fueled vehicles that each use about a million liters of the fossil fuel every year. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South Africa faces skills gap in hydrogen economy, report finds

The Labour Market Intelligence report has found that occupational workers lack hydrogen-specific skills to compete in the global economy

Onyi Nwaneri, Deputy CEO of Afrika Tikkun

Youth development group sparks debate: Is South Africa fighting a skills shortage or a jobs shortage?

Afrika Tikkun and Microsoft unite South African businesses to revolutionise youth employability and close the skills gap