The Naspers Labs story

Equipping South Africa’s unemployed youth in digital skills training and supporting talented micro-entrepreneurs

Naspers Labs is a social impact programme that addresses youth unemployment through digital skills training, access to technology careers, and support to youth-led, tech-enabled micro-businesses.

Naspers Labs brings together the deep tech operator and investor knowledge of Naspers and the expertise of trusted and experienced partner organisations to deliver tailored development programmes to graduates or unemployed youth wishing to enter the world of work in a digital age.

The programme focuses on equipping young people with the digital skills required in today’s changing world of work, enabling them to be at the forefront of economic opportunities. The programme offers in-demand skills for roles in software development, cyber security, cloud computing, data scientists, etc. Notably, the programme facilitates access to much-needed jobs.

In addition to digital skilling, the programme prepares young people for the business environment in very efficient ways like work-readiness training, internship opportunities, experiential learning and ultimately, Employment opportunities or entrepreneurship.

We aim to address societal needs and to help grow South Africa’s tech ecosystem through our platform companies.

Empowering the next generation to build South Africa’s digital economy

7,191

Number of youths trained*

* Since 1 April 2022

6,241

Entry level jobs created *

65%

Young women who benefit from the programmes.

4%

Young people in South Africa living with disabilities*

Our programme offering

Naspers Labs aims to unlock our youth’s potential

We focus on unemployed graduates from historically disadvantaged backgrounds with relevant post-matric qualifications. Graduates should be between the ages of 18 and 34. We are mainly focused on upskilling and improving access to tech jobs for young women and young people living with disabilities.

  

Digital skills training

Building in-demand digital capabilities and work experience for South Africa’s unemployed youth.

We are collaborating with training partners and industry to develop in-demand skills such as desktop technicians, cyber security, business solutions architects, cloud engineer and AI, software developers, data scientists, digital web developers and marketers, and robotics, among others.

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Visit our partner websites to apply for our programmes 

At Naspers Labs, we partner and collaborate with a broad range of experienced implementation partners to deliver on our digital skills programme. These partnerships aim to open the closed doors between unemployed youths and their first meaningful employment opportunity.

Visit our partners’ websites to explore detailed information about their programmes and how you can apply.