disability summit and career expo 2024

Employment creation for people living with disabilities at the IDC

Corporate Showcase, In the workplace /

Stimulating economic growth and creating employment is the mandate of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Black Economic Empowerment, as well as disability and LGBTQI+ inclusion. The IDC runs learnership, bursary and internship programmes for people living with disabilities and attended the 2024 Disability Summit and Career Expo to discover how all levels disability inclusion […]

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Entrepreneurs living with disabilities

Corporate Showcase, In the workplace /

Innovation, product and service solutions are the cornerstones of the SAB Foundation’s Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards which are designed to empower people living with disabilities, as well as provide opportunities and linkages to income generation. With the shocking statistics around unemployment in the disability sector, the Foundation has been very intentional about addressing

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Sign language interpreters at your fingertips

Corporate Showcase, In the workplace /

If you’re looking for interpretation services online the Convo App is the place to go. For one on one conversations or dealing with everyday situations, interpreters are available seven days a week, 6am to 10pm. Convo creates independence for those with hearing impairments allowing a full interpretation service for everyday life. Yuvini Gounden of Convo

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Watch – From ‘cradle to career’, developing skills through life

Corporate Showcase, In the workplace /

Afrika Tikkun Services believes that every person, and the youth in particular, has a right to play a role and be a part of the economy of South Africa. According to Lana Roy, Project lead for Disability Inclusion at Afrika Tikkun Services, the focus is support from ECD to placement into employment, with an emphasis

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Airports Company South African – Inclusivity in aviation and air transport

Corporate Showcase, In the workplace /

With millions of passengers passing through its facilities annually, many of whom are living with disabilities, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has always had accessibility at the top of the agenda. But beyond accessibility is inclusivity at all levels of the organisation and by recruiting people living with disabilities, levels of communication are optimised and

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RAF – Changing lives through inclusion and opportunity

Disability Spotlight, In Focus /

At the Road Accident fund, the headline sponsor of the Disability Summit and Career Expo, the focus lies on changing lives of people who have had the trauma of an accident. Within the organisation they strive to develop people living with disabilities, creating opportunities across the inclusion spectrum through learnerships, bursaries and employment. Learning and

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Book now for the Disability Summit and Career Expo 2024

In Focus, In the News /

Africa’s biggest event for Disability workplace inclusion is back! Taking place, the 16 and 17 May 2024 at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg! The event brings together over 1200 delegates which include senior school learners, university students, entrepreneurs with disabilities, various HR and Transformation professionals, and government officials under one roof for an explosive

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