Young people trained on how to become entrepreneurs

Naledi Xaba, a learner from Soweto’s Pace Commerce and Entrepreneurship School of Specialisation, is one of many young people who benefited from the Young Entrepreneurs Programme.

“I am planning to use the skills I have acquired in this programme to start my own businesses because coding is also about startups and how to sell your own products,” she said.

Xaba was trained on how to use their minds to creatively think and come up with practical yet creative solutions which they learnt from the training they gained on coding and robotics.

Coordinator at ORT SA Amini Murinda told Mail and Guardian that the programme curriculum is a blend of theoretical and practical activities, aimed at developing students’ knowledge, skills and understanding, and encouraging creative thinking and practical creativity, coding and robotics.

Murinda further explained that the course also introduces the students to entrepreneurship and problem-solving, technology, design and innovative thinking, with an emphasis on international sharing, collaboration on tasks and advanced communication skills in English.

“With knowledge and skills of the future, learners will be employable and can start their own businesses while, at the same time, solving problems in their communities, and alleviating unemployment,” he said.

Editor’s note: Young people from different schools in the country are trained on essentials skills will enable them to reach new heights in their careers and help them start their own businesses.

Description: The programme curriculum is a blend of theoretical and practical activities, aimed at developing students’ knowledge, skills and understanding, and encouraging creative thinking and practical creativity, coding and robotics.

Editor: Anirlé de Meyer

Project manager: Anirlé de Meyer