Funding, collaboration and innovation can improve the skills and prospects of young South Africans
With 70% of Nigerians aged under 30 this should happen but the top candidates are 70 and 75 and the third will have to work with politicians the youth want out
From technology startups to innovations in industries such as agriculture and transport, they are creating jobs and opportunities for themselves and their peers
It requires more than being technologically competent; the basics of establishing networks and pitching to investors can be taught but it takes time to do so
The e-learning platform My Playbox profiles 11 South African entrepreneurs and unlocks their secrets for less than the price of a business textbook
We need to move away from imposing ‘solutions’ on young people to seeing them as active partners
From our daily engagements with young people at Youth Capital and the Centre for Social Development in Africa, we know that most are proactive, energetic and resilient. Young people are ready to contribute to the economy and pursue sustainable livelihoods. But endless rejections, the lack of financial resources and deep-seated barriers have left them in […]
Despite young people comprising Africa’s majority, their political participation is riddled with inconsistencies. Many young Kenyans won’t vote next month but it is likely to be very different next year in Nigeria
Papama Mnqandi is a social entrepreneur and youth activist based in the Eastern Cape.
Resilience alone in the face of crisis is not what will get us through. It needs to be coupled with intentional investment and support to address the reality of our country’s youth
Three interns at the Mail & Guardian write about being young in South Africa today
Slow transformation in the economy means there are still too few black people in top management positions that could provide positive role models
Corrupt local leadership is creating a hopeless situation for the area’s young people who are not politically connected to patronage networks
With the invention of the cell phone, anyone can make a movie. With the creation of the 1-Minute Film Festival, anyone’s movie can be seen.
We no longer need traditional leadership; decisions that affect communities should involve all the people concerned
With every ‘we regret to inform you’ your dignity and self-worth take a knock, but please don’t give up
One of their biggest challenges is getting parents to support ECD practitioners and day mothers and get more involved in their children’s development
The youth of South Africa have innate value and potential that needs to be unlocked and nurtured
South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services
The stimulus package is part of the state’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, and is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
Inspired by a school project, 17-year-old Sera Farista has taken a stand against climate change
The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table
But inequality on the continent will continue to grow unless disparities in the right to education are ended
To turn SA’s youth unemployment crisis around, we need to believe in young people’s potential, but also come up with a concrete, inclusive action plan
A few of South Africa’s unemployed youth share their stories
Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation
The youth are a national asset because they can help alter the course of Zambia’s future
Afraid, Ntokozweni villagers looked over the hills at people burying loved ones ‘but now they are free’
Complaining about ‘reverse racism’ and BEE serves no one. South Africa’s white youth should focus on entrepreneurship instead
‘The generation of 1976 did not fight to end the injustices of their time only for there to be the dawn of a climate apartheid’