Articles about skills development

Employers urged to align bursary spend with SA’s urgent ICT skills needs

The CTU Training Solutions Corporate Bursary Partnership is designed to help businesses meet B-BBEE, skills development and workplace skills plan objectives.

Empowering SA youth to lead green tech revolution

SA needs a robust educational foundation that equips young people with the knowledge and practical skills needed to thrive in the green tech sectors.

Collective X commits R50m to drive digital jobs in SA

The NPO will co-invest with employers to create work opportunities that connect digital skills training with real employment.

Strategic insights on aligning cyber security with business objectives for growth

A proactive approach to cyber security drives significant business value beyond the prevention of financial and reputational damage from cyber incidents, says Gilchrist Mushwana, head of cyber security at BDO South Africa.

SA becomes ‘reservoir’ for data centre space

President Cyrill Ramaphosa backs the burgeoning data centre industry as the next growth frontier.

Dynamic DNA hosts Workplace Skills Plan, B-BBEE, Skills Development,and 4ir4her Workshop

The workshop will take place on 27 March in Johannesburg.

Vodacom partners tech firms to upskill 1m young Africans

Together with AWS, Microsoft, Skillsoft and other collaborating organisations, Vodacom aims to bridge the digital skills gap across eight African countries.

Learners compete codeX Skills for Digital Future programme

By making online coding accessible on a smartphone, codeX creates a more inclusive path to careers across the digital economy.

ITWeb TV: Cisco Networking Academy sets large skills target

Since inception, the academy has trained 411 000 students in South Africa, says Cisco’s Ndileka Stuurman.

Google products, services add R118bn to SA’s economy

Google SA helped generate new revenue for local businesses, non-profits, publishers, creators and developers in 2023, it says.

Top SA performers recognised in IITPSA Computer Programming Olympiad

Over 5 000 pupils from 159 schools nationwide entered the 2024 Programming Olympiad.

Breakthrough partnership set to boost rural economic development

CAPACITI, a tech career accelerator, launches a new satellite hub in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, in partnership with Good Work Foundation.