Naspers Labs brings together the deep operator and investor knowledge of Naspers and the expertise of trusted and experienced partner organisations to deliver tailored development programmes to graduates wishing to enter the world of work in a digital age.
Naspers Labs bridges the gap between training and real economic opportunities. Our entrepreneurship program offers budding youth led micro enterprises with business support needed to become self-sustaining.
We have a BIG ambition
By 2026, our goal is to have enabled 10,000 young people to access decent job opportunities, and to have created 20 self-sustained micro-businesses.
Our impact
2,500
Number of youth trained.
1,772
Entry level jobs created.
31
Entrepreneurs supported.
R160m
Investment
to date.
65% of the young people who benefit from our programmes are young women
and 4% are young people living with disabilities.
Our business model
Collaborating with training partners and industry to develop for in-demand skills such as desktop technicians, cyber security, business solutions architects (salesforce), cloud engineer and AI, software developers, data scientists, digital web developers and marketers, robotics among others.
Our collaboration further includes the development and support of youth-led micro-enterprises (incubation, acceleration, and market access).
Our support for learners goes beyond just the learning but also includes provision of learning equipment such as laptops, tablets and data to access their online training content (where required). Partner to supplement stipends so that the learner/graduate earnings are decent. Through our partners we also provide psychosocial support as and when the learners need it.
Meet our partners.
Visit our partner websites to apply for our programmes