Efforts to reduce South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Kasthuri Soni, the CEO of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator.
Topics of discussion include: issues affecting local employment; stats around youth unemployment; efforts by Harambe to fix the issue; and impact of AI on jobs.
Additionally, Soni identified priority sectors for youth job creation, which include the digital economy, agriculture, global business services, and tourism.
Producer: Demi Buzo
Business Day Spotlight is an Arena Podcasts Production.