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Cape Argus reports that a group of South African students has won the 2017 Geneva Challenge Prize after they developed an app for jobseekers.
The app, called Umvozu, also allows employers to access the job characteristics on the app to make better decisions on whom to employ. “The whole team is very honoured. Unemployment, closely linked to skill deficiency, is a serious issue in South Africa (so) the project gives us an opportunity to change someone’s life forever,” said team member Boitumelo Dikoko. The GC: Advancing Development International Student Competition encourages Masters students to propose solutions to world problems. This year, the challenge was to explore employment’s role in fostering social development and 135 projects were submitted. The winning teams got 10000 Swiss francs (R1.4million), 5000 francs and 2500 francs.
- Read this report by Marvin Charles in full at Cape Argus
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