The Digital Skills for Digital Jobs programme will upskill 900 youth and women with digital and entrepreneurship training over the next year.
MTN ’s Digital Skills for Digital Jobs programme will upskill another 900 youth and women across nine provinces in SA with digital and entrepreneurship training over the next year.
This year, the Digital Skills for Digital Jobs initiative received over 7 000 applications, with women making up more than 60% of the total.last year, it addresses the issue of youth unemployment in SA by combining digital qualifications with life and entrepreneurship skills. “MTN is also committed to creating opportunities for girls and women in the communities we serve. Removing barriers hindering women from entering STEM fields is crucial to closing SA’s ICT skills gap and reducing high unemployment rates.”
Earlier this year, the MTN SA Foundation partnered with the Department of Basic Education to launch the national coding and robotics pilot programme by unveiling a Coding and Robotics Centre at Letsibogo Girls High School in Soweto – ensuring more girls have the skills they need to participate in the digital economy.
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