The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is scaling up its CapaCiTi technology skills and job readiness programmes. The organisation, which was established in 1998 as Africa’s first tech incubator, said it had received an additional amount of R250m to boost its skills training programme. The initiative will now be training unemployed youths in Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth, as well as at the organisation’s hub in Cape Town. In addition to the 1,000 candidates already trained and placed, CiTi will train just more than 3,000 unemployed youths in the next three years. The initiative had received R100m from BCX (Business Connexion Group), the Treasury Jobs Fund R75m and various other corporates also making contributions. Through CapaCiTi programmes, unemployed, previously disadvantaged young individuals are equipped with a relevant and work-ready skills set. They apply for internship and get permanent placement in one of CapaCiTi’s partners. Ian Merrington, CEO of ...
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