Global effort to boost digital skills for youth

MAKING South Africa’s youth employable through freely accessible digital skills and low-cost certification training took a giant step forward when technology leader Microsoft kicked off its partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA) and inspirational helping hand skills organisation Afrika Tikkun to provide online opportunities for 20 000 young people.

The South African leg of the global effort to boost skills of young people throughout the world received a ringing endorsement from South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Blade Nzimande, who described education as a key weapon