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Over 450 youth job opportunities created in ICT sector

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YESThe Star reports that over 450 young South Africans will be given an opportunity to break into the workforce, learn skills in the ever-growing ICT sector and contribute to their communities.

As a major ICT player, Telkom has partnered with Youth Employment Service (YES) to give 455 young people an opportunity in the sector. “Youth unemployment in South Africa is currently at 66.5%. Through Telkom’s partnership with YES, we are increasing job opportunities for youth, and injecting critical skills into our economy that will enable innovation, and a digital future,” said Telkom chief HR officer, Melody Lekota. The telecoms company said it opted to place youth externally through the YES turnkey solution as a way to capacitate non-government organisations working in the digital space all over SA. This would allow companies to sponsor the placement of unemployed youth for 12 months in vetted implementation partners within their own communities. The youth did not have to travel far for work and could rather contribute to building their hometown economies, Telkom pointed out. “The youth were placed with YES implementation partners operating in positions that offer crucial in-demand skills such as data capturers, cybersecurity agents, digital artisans, content creators and software developers. This offers them a year of work and up-skilling while earning a salary,” the company advised. YES chief executive, Ravi Naidoo noted that the ICT sector desperately needed more skilled workers, while Telkom’s partnership with YES would contribute to building an equipped workforce.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Star


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