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Navigating unemployment in a changing skills development landscape

Navigating unemployment in a changing skills development landscapeTarryn Mason, Progression

Image supplied: Top left to right: Stefan Supplice (Morocco), Adja Mariam Soro (Côte d’Ivoire), Anouk Shad (Austria), Misha Maseka (Zambia), Nomusa Nkabinde (South Africa), Middle left to right: Chloé Ortolé (Senegal), Dantagos Jimmy-Melani (Namibia), Dhia Jerbi (Tunisia), Sherien Barsoum (Canada)., Tapiwa Chipfupa (Zimbabwe), Bottom left to right: Godisamang Khunou (South Africa), Kudakwashe Maradzika (South Africa), Marie Ka (Canada), Rhea Plangg (Switzerland), Yolanda Barroso (Brazil)

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YPO member James Barty - also ACA chairperson and CEO of King James Group.

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Historic agreement signed, sealed, delivered

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Slide 161 of Youth Report (2018). UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing & Instant Grass International.

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New partnership to make Cameroon hub for developing civil aviation skills

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Dion Chang speaking at the 2018 Trialogue Business in Society Conference

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YPO member James Barty - also ACA chairperson and CEO of King James Group.

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Two Egyptian startups selected for 500 Startups accelerator

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