Ntsiki Woco, chief human resources officer at MetroFibre. A group of 17 young South Africans, almost all of whom live with disabilities, have graduated from MetroFibre’s annual unemployed youth development initiative with an NQF Level 3 qualification in contact centre and business process outsourcing (BPO) support. The initiative focuses on developing skills in ICT-related disciplines,…
Conversations around health progress in Africa usually focus on lives saved. And rightly so. Across the continent, people are living longer than they did a generation ago. Advances in prevention, treatment and public health have reduced deaths from many major diseases and improved survival for millions. But there is another side to this success story…
Even after more than three decades of global efforts to promote inclusive sexual and reproductive health policies, many women with disabilities in Africa still face serious challenges. Their rights are often overlooked, and they have limited access to contraception and other essential services. Lack of access to sexual health knowledge or contraception doesn’t happen in…
