- Introduction of digital skills to accelerate social and economic development in South Africa.
- Promotion of gender equality and job creation for women and girls.
A group of 26 young programmers from marginalized communities, formed as part of a jointly funded 2022 information and selection campaign project by Lithuania and Canada, has successfully completed training in Agile Web Developer courses (AWD) and secured entry-level jobs and/or utilized further learning opportunities. The long-term goal of the program is to reduce youth unemployment and address the shortage of qualified programmers needed to develop the technology industry in South Africa. The project is part of the "Team Europe Initiatives: Jobs for the Future South Africa" initiative.
- A group of 24 young programmers successfully completed training in Agile Web Developer courses (AWD).
- A group of 26 students learned web development server skills. Acquiring "Front End" skills enabled programmers to create interactive web applications using web servers, databases, various cloud models, and platforms.
- 24 students completed the semester (10 women and 14 men). Of these, 23 were assessed well. All participants gained valuable skills, and assistance will continue to be provided to them in finding job opportunities that match their skill level.
To implement an outreach program to identify young people, especially girls and women from socially vulnerable communities, who have the potential to learn programming. The project aims to prepare them for work in the technology industry. The long-term goal of the program is to reduce youth unemployment and address the shortage of skilled programmers needed to grow the technology industry in South Africa.
Embassy project
- The outreach programme targeted people living in marginalised communities. 11 visits were organised to schools, community centres, partner development organisations (e.g. Edunova), presenting programming as an accessible activity and a viable career, and disseminating information about jobs in the sector.
- The programme was presented 8 times virtually on Facebook.
- A special webinar version was developed, 4 virtual and 3 live events were organised at the CodeX office in Cape Town with 287 participants (156 women and 131 men);
- 516 people were selected and participated in capacity building activities, 372 of whom successfully completed the free online coding course (150 women, 208 men, 14 not selected by gender); 38 completed the three full online coding courses and are now ready for work (17 women and 21 men). 13 people were selected for the coding camp, 2 women and 11 men. 93 people (36 women and 57 men) have completed or are in the process of completing the coding camp.
The expected impact is that young people accessing Afrika Tikkun Digital Library have enhanced online digital skills and are tech-savvy, have access to world-class academic and non-academic resources and are therefore empowered for post school opportunities.
Embassy‘ project
- 2 314 young people who took part in Afrika Tikkun projects in the poorest communities in South Africa, received free access to the Afrika Tikkun digital library and other additional resources.
- Participants improved their digital skills by gaining access to world-class academic and non-academic resources.
- The competitive advantage of vulnerable young people in the labour market was increased.
The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the youth, living in the Republic of South Africa, to prevent corruption