Stanbic, Stats Botswana brainstorm on youth unemployment

Soils of hope: Agriculture offers opportunities for youth, but barriers remain. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Soils of hope: Agriculture offers opportunities for youth, but barriers remain. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Stanbic Bank Botswana in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Development and Food Security, and Statistics Botswana, hosted a Thought Leadership engagement aimed at finding solutions towards improving youth employability and entrepreneurship. 

Addressing the participants over the weekend, Stanbic Bank Botswana Head of AcceleR8, Larona Makgoeng said youth unemployment remains a pertinent issue that the country is faced with, and yet it is this demographic that holds with it many new ideas and solutions for unlocking possibilities for a brighter future. 

"In the current economic climate that we find ourselves in, it is important that we not only acknowledge but analyse and discover solutions towards economic challenges. As a bank, we firmly believe in collaborative efforts that have a meaningful impact in our communities,“ he said. 

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