Absa and Junior Achievement South Africa upskill youth with entrepreneurial skills
The partnership provides hands-on entrepreneurial skills to young people.
Absa's Steven Zwane and Bongani's Bingwa. Photo: 702/Karabo Tebele
702’s Bongani Bingwa speaks with Steven Zwane, Managing Executive of Corporate Citizenship at Absa.
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Absa’s recent collaboration with Junior Achievement South Africa is upskilling young entrepreneurs.
“Our priority around being a force for good is around young people, women and disadvantaged communities… We have a responsibility on financial literacy and financial inclusion, however, we are now bringing in entrepreneurship.”
– Steven Zwane, Managing Executive of Corporate Citizenship - Absa
The partnership provides hands-on entrepreneurial skills to young people, particularly in high schools from disadvantaged backgrounds.
For decades, Junior Achievement South Africa has provided an after-school program for entrepreneurship.
“You cannot expect young people to know that entrepreneurship is a career pathway if you don’t instil the mindset of what an entrepreneur is; if you don’t give them the skill sets to become entrepreneurial.”
– Steven Zwane, Managing Executive of Corporate Citizenship - Absa
The programme has delivered entrepreneurial education to over 1,000 students and the team is only getting started.
To find out more, visit the Junior Achievement South Africa website.
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