{"id":44901,"date":"2024-01-25T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T06:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/developing-youth-skills-creating-opportunities-20240124\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:39:05","slug":"developing-youth-skills-creating-opportunities-20240124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/developing-youth-skills-creating-opportunities-20240124\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing youth skills, creating opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mandela Bay Development Agency in partnership with the The Hope Factory South Africa completed an 18-month business entrepreneurial programme in Kariega in December 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MBDA Corporate Services Executive, Luvuyo Bangazi said, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_bb3e8398\">\n<div class=\"text\">We are ecstatic that 80% of the innovative entrepreneurs completed the program. Entrepreneurs truly displayed commitment by attending monthly training sessions as well as online mentoring and coaching to learn and discover their own, as well as their businesses\u2019 strengths and weakness.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Workshops were held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Science &amp; Technology Centre, a facility operated by the MBDA. The two organisations ran a parallel, new programme focusing on youth community development with a focus on job readiness. The Hope Factory attributes this unique pilot program, which is a first of its kind for the organisation, to the work done by the MBDA around youth work and individual self-development. This programme concluded on January 12, 2024 with a certification handover with 90% completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some feedback from one participant said, \u201cThe workshops were fun but rewarding. It felt like therapy. I\u2019ve learned a lot about myself. 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