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Impactful provided end-to-end services for the Cybersecurity Internship Programme, helping 500 unemployed young people earn certifications.
The programme aimed to address critical skills shortages in the banking and alternative banking sectors. It equipped unemployed young people with in-demand skills, improved their employment prospects and contributed to South Africa’s development.
BANKSETA aimed to tackle unemployment in South Africa through an internship programme targeting learners with an aptitude for cybersecurity. The goal was to help learners gain relevant qualifications and work experience to improve their employability in the banking sector.
The programme aimed to equip learners with in-demand skills and experience to support South Africa’s economic growth. It also helped companies recruit skilled local talent instead of looking abroad.
Implementation took place during the COVID pandemic, making the work-experience aspect especially challenging.
Over the past three years, BANKSETA in partnership with Impactful have worked together on this ground-breaking project.
Training began with 100 delegates in 2019, followed by two intakes in 2021 and 2022 in Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape. The formal training took four months per intake and covered topics like work-readiness, personal branding, 4IR, cybersecurity, cloud computing, ethical hacking and business analysis.
After training, learners spent eight months with a host employer, gaining valuable work experience in a banking environment.
How was your student journey?
“My experience with BANKSETA and Impactful was great. I will always recall their values and enthusiastic delivery of quality training, developing young individuals into powerful professionals.”
What positive impact has this learnership programme had on your life?
“I’ve learned a lot and I am forever grateful for that. Today I am proud to call myself a Cybersecurity Specialist, employed by SS-Consulting, one of the best cybersecurity companies.”
Why did you choose Impactful for this BANKSETA funded programme
“They have demonstrated the ability and experience to handle a project of this magnitude. And they presented a well-crafted cybersecurity solution.”
“This has had a significant impact on both the financial and non-financial sectors. ICT Security Specialist is a hard-to-fill job due to a shortage of cybersecurity specialists; this programme has created a talent pipeline that will address a critical problem”.
BANKSETA, the supporting organisations and Impactful have assisted 500 unemployed individuals to grow personally and have improved their chances of gaining employment… “empowering people through skills development.”
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