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Africa Skills Week 2025 Officially Opens At AU Headquarters With a Call to Build a Skilled, Inclusive, and Innovative Africa

eriinfo.com4 months ago07 mins

The Second Edition of Africa Skills Week (ASW 2025) officially opened today at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking a major milestone in Africa’s collective effort to transform its human capital landscape and accelerate industrialization. With Africa’s young and rapidly growing population, the event underscores the continent’s urgent need to bridge the…

Solidarity in deal to export South African skills online to US

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann Trade union Solidarity has signed a deal with US company Propay Prime US to export South African IT skills – online, from South Africa. Propay, which focuses on unions, non-profits and enterprises, delivers software as a service platforms, financial services and DevOps solutions. Solidarity has paid a number of visits to…

The critical importance of skills development in modern industry

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

National Warehouse Manager, Marcus Mzobe. According to Stats SA, South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025. In light of national efforts to reduce youth unemployment and address the persistent skills gap in South Africa, Konica Minolta South Africa reaffirms its commitment to skills development through the National Technical…

ITWeb TV: SA’s ‘rich ICT skills’ must be leveraged

eriinfo.com4 months ago04 mins

South African universities are “doing a fantastic job in terms of producing ICT skills,” says Tata Consultancy Services’ Langa Dube. The company sees this as a key part of an opportunity for growth and one it will use in a “very strong way” in the next five years. Dube, who is regional director for Tata…

Takealot, higher education ink skills development pact

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Higher education deputy minister Dr Mimmy Gondwe and Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman at the MOU signing. (Photograph by DHET) Takealot Group this week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), to spearhead youth skills development and workforce readiness in SA. According to a statement, the MOU…

77% Surge in AI Job Skills Demand in South Africa in 12 Months

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

Artificial intelligence (AI) skills are in high demand in the South African job market, with the demand in advertised roles requiring AI expertise increasing by 352% since 2019. That is one of the key insights to emerge from Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for August 2025, which reveals that demand has grown 77% year-on-year, comparing…

AI skills are in high demand — and employers are willing to pay a premium for them

eriinfo.com5 months ago07 mins

Artificial intelligence technology concept with text AI on electronic circuit board. Teera Konakan | Moment | Getty Images While there’s mounting concerns that artificial intelligence is replacing jobs, it’s not all bad news for the labor market, particularly for workers with AI skills. Rather than replacing roles with AI, many companies are hiring workers who…

GirlCode bridges gender gap in tech with new skills programme

eriinfo.com5 months ago03 mins

GirlCode has launched the Digital Skills Employment Acceleration Programme for Women, aimed at equipping young women (aged 18 to 35) with software development skills that will enable them to secure work in SA’s growing tech sector. Supplied image Zandile Mkwanazi, founder and chief executive officer of GirlCode, says the programme goes beyond learning how to…

More ECape SMMEs to receive skills for fibre rollout projects

eriinfo.com6 months ago03 mins

The first cohort of Liquid SA’s Fibre TechCelerate programme receive their certificates at a graduation ceremony in East London. Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has welcomed 25 new small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) as part of the 2025 cohort of its Fibre TechCelerate programme. This follows the completion of the first…

Sage Foundation to empower 3 900 South Africans with digital skills

eriinfo.com6 months ago06 mins

Sage Foundation’s flagship programmes aim to bridge the digital skills gap and create sustainable opportunities for underserved communities in SA. The Sage Foundation has announced the launch of four flagship programmes in partnership with WeThinkCode, Tomorrow Trust, GirlCode and LeadChange, with the goal of empowering over 3 900 South Africans over the next three years….