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South Africa 2017 – Unemployed and Unemployable

Only 3 million formal jobs are created annually in Africa, despite millions of young people entering the workforce each year, most of whom are under prepared. How can government and business leaders counter this trend and foster skills for future jobs? Dimensions to be addressed: – Advancing digital fluency and other key skills – Training skilled and unskilled workers – Incentivizing public-private collaboration – Jennifer Blanke, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank Group, Abidjan – Nicolaas Kruger, Chief Executive Officer, MMI, South Africa – Susan Mboya, President, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation; Group Director, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Eurasia and Africa, The Coca-Cola Company, Kenya – Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of South Africa – Hamilton Ratshefola, Country General Manager, IBM Corporation, South Africa Moderated by – Rapelang Rabana, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rekindle Learning, South Africa; Young Global Leader

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