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YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Absa launches grant-funded Youth Entrepreneurship Fund to back South Africa’s next generation of job creators

Absa has launched the Absa Youth Entrepreneurship Fund (Ayef) to support young South African entrepreneurs. This initiative, announced during the 50th anniversary of the 1976…

  • Brian Sokutu
4 min read
Learning space: People attend HEATSKRS CON, which offers educational workshops for innovators and creatives. (Lethabo Motseleng)
AFRICAN CREATIVITY

The art of the hustle

From fintech workshops to live podcasts, HEATSKRS CON blends creativity and commerce, giving youth the tools to thrive in Africa’s creative economy

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
6 min read
Get up, start up: Youth unemployment in South Africa increased to 44.6% in the final quarter of last year.
ANASTACIA MAMABOLO

Entrepreneurship key to solving SA’s youth unemployment crisis

Business leaders call for more investment to help youths start businesses and to tackle joblessness

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read