Daily Maverick Webinar | Small businesses & youth unemployment

Feb 22, 2023 | Blog, Transitions, Uncategorised

As an advocacy campaign focused on young people’s roadblocks to employment, Youth Capital regularly speak to South Africans about the factors holding them back from finding economic opportunities; but we also realised that small business owners are also coming up...

Young talent and Small Businesses: this is how we bridge the gap.

Dec 22, 2022 | Blog, Jobs

While Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) feel positive about the energy that young people bring to the workplace, Youth Capital’s research highlights that one in two business owners struggle with hiring young people because they don’t have the...

[READ] Your neighbourhood restaurant may be more important than you realise. Here’s why[READ]

Dec 14, 2022 | In the news, Press

This opinion piece, written by Youth Capital’s Kristal Duncan-Williams and Clotilde Angelucci, with the ONE Campaign’s Tumba Tshimanga, appeared on Fin24 Business on 10 December 2022. Natalie Lakey taught herself how to cook at an early age. The fact is...

[LISTEN] Youth unemployment is a mountain to climb.

Dec 1, 2022 | In the news, Press

With 9.1 million young people (between the ages of 15-35) not in employment, education, or training, the recent announcement by Stats SA on Quarter 3 2022 leaves the country in a state of cautious optimism. In this interview with Sifiso Skenjana on POWER Business,...

Learn & Do. How to hire, onboard, and retain young talent.

Dec 1, 2022 | Resources, Toolkit

As part of Youth Capital’s report on the challenges small businesses face when hiring and retaining young people, Bridge the Gap. Finding the ‘right’ young hire, Youth Capital interviewed organisations Valenture Institute, Mama Money and...