From Orange Farm to the Nation
EmpowaYouth Is Rewriting South Africa’s Youth Economy
It began with a single spark, a one-day jobs summit in Orange Farm, one of South Africa’s most economically excluded communities. Today, EmpowaYouth is no longer a local intervention, it is a national force catalysing a generational shift in how young people engage with work, wealth, and worth.
This is not a programme. It is a manifesto for economic justice. From township streets to provincial stages, EmpowaYouth now operates across all nine provinces, unlocking tangible opportunities for youth aged 18–34. Whether unemployed, self-employed, or in school, we go where the need is greatest, to the youth forgotten by policy, cut off from capital, and invisible to industry.
We don’t promise empowerment, we deliver it. Our mandate is urgent and unapologetic: collapse the gap between potential and power. South Africa’s youth do not suffer from a lack of ambition; they suffer from a lack of access. EmpowaYouth flips that script. We bring industry to their doorstep.
We convert passion into pathways, raw talent into tools, and bold ideas into working ecosystems.This is how a new economy is born — not from boardrooms, but from the margins in. Because when the youth rise, the nation doesn’t just follow, it transforms.
EmpowaYouth: Transforming Townships Into Talent Pipelines
Now active across all nine provinces, EmpowaYouth has evolved into a catalytic platform reshaping the trajectory of South Africa’s youth. We connect young people aged 18–34, whether unemployed, self-employed, or still in school, to real, relevant opportunities that drive economic inclusion and shift lives forward. Our focus is clear: youth from underserved township and peri-urban communities who are rich in ambition but locked out of access.
Too many still lack visibility into career possibilities or underestimate the power of artisanal and practical skills. EmpowaYouth dismantles those barriers, aligning talent with opportunity, matching skills with industry, and linking passion to purpose. We don’t just prepare youth for the future; we bring the future to them. One community. One young person. One province at a time.
Powering Youth Impact
Our Strategic Enablers
The national rise of EmpowaYouth is not coincidence, it’s corporate courage in action.
This movement is the product of strategic alliances with bold brands and future-focused firms that don’t just support programmes, they power ecosystems, fuel purpose, and engineer transformation. These visionary organisations are not investing in youth as a gesture; they’re investing in the architecture of South Africa’s next economy.
Together, we are not simply empowering youth. We are mobilising access, scaling skills, and unleashing enterprise across the nation. This is what real brand leadership looks like, when companies don’t just market impact, they make it. Because the future isn’t sponsored. It’s co-authored, by those who dare to lead it.
About EmpowaYouth
EmpowaYouth is not a campaign it’s a nationwide uprising against youth unemployment, poverty, and systemic exclusion.
EmpowaYouth is not a campaign, it’s a national uprising against youth unemployment, economic exclusion, and inherited disadvantage. It’s where urgency meets execution, and where young South Africans stop waiting for change and start leading it.
This isn’t charity. It’s a catalytic, youth-led movement engineered to rewire the economy, accelerate digital inclusion, and ignite a new generation of ownership, productivity, and power.
Fully aligned with the National Youth Development Strategy, EmpowaYouth is a bold Public-Private Partnership (PPP) designed to deliver impact at scale, not platitudes..
It’s where government, business, and youth collide to co-create systemic solutions that matter. EmpowaYouth mobilises capital, unlocks infrastructure, and activates policy to position youth as the engine room of Africa’s next economy. This is not about inclusion for optics, it’s about transformation by design. We’re here to restructure, radically, relentlessly, and at scale.
Previous Speakers
Impact
Youth Impacted
Jobs Created
One Movement That Delivers.
EmpowaYouth is not a campaign, it’s a catalytic force built to unlock South Africa’s untapped youth economy and dismantle the systems that keep talent on the sidelines.To date, over 98,000 young people have been activated through bold, outcome-driven interventions. 690+ job placements. 248 learnerships. 2,000 accredited skills programmes. 300 bursaries. 150 youth-owned businesses funded. But our real metric of success? Confidence restored.
Futures redirected. Entire households lifted. These aren’t stats, they’re lives rewritten. Communities reimagined. Possibility made practical. This is not charity. This is not theory. This is structural change, youth-led and laser-focused. EmpowaYouth delivers more than inspiration, it delivers access, infrastructure, and outcomes that move the needle. Because when youth are empowered with purpose, tools, and pathways, they don’t just participate in the economy. They build it.
EmpowaYouth Tembisa 2025
Think Tank Summit
Inspired. Connnected. Transformed.
EmpowaYouth doesn’t respond to change, we architect it. We don’t prepare youth to fit into the system; we equip them to redefine it.
Transformed
We don’t just develop skills, we shape destinies.
Through future-focused training, enterprise development, immersive career exposure, and direct access to capital, EmpowaYouth empowers young people to take control of their economic future. We don’t talk empowerment, we operationalise it. Every experience moves youth from potential to power, from talent to traction, from dreams to delivery.
Connected
We break down walls, and build bridges that matter.
EmpowaYouth collapses the gap between township talent and mainstream opportunity by bringing the full ecosystem, from CEOs and policymakers to investors and innovators, straight into the heart of underserved communities. We ignite economic flow where it’s been blocked and unlock networks where they’ve never reached. This isn’t access promised, it’s access delivered.
Inspired
We awaken what education overlooks, belief, courage, and purpose.
EmpowaYouth goes beyond employment, we confront the silent battles: identity, pressure, and lost confidence. We create moments that trigger mindset shifts, unlock self-leadership, and spark a fire that fuels generational impact. Because when youth believe in their power, they stop chasing jobs and start building economies.
Drive the Future with EmpowaYouth
EmpowaYouth is not a campaign, it’s the engine of South Africa’s Skills Revolution.
A bold, youth-powered movement architected to unlock real, scalable pathways to jobs, education, entrepreneurship, and economic inclusion.
This is where visionary brands, institutions, and industry leaders converge to build what matters most, equipping South Africa’s youth with the skills, networks, capital, and confidence to thrive in tomorrow’s economy.
For companies advancing ESG imperatives, Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) strategies, Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) skills pipelines, or Socio-Economic Development (SED) mandates, EmpowaYouth offers more than impact. It offers return.
Backed by a national masterplan and multi-year monetisation model, EmpowaYouth transforms potential into productivity, purpose into policy, and promise into measurable performance.
Powered by EmpowaWorx — The Continent’s Premier High-Impact Development Agency, this is not philanthropy. This is legacy in action.
This is where inclusion scales. This is where youth rise. This is where your brand leads the revolution.
Strategic Interventions for a New Youth Economy
Bold Instruments for Systemic Change
Why Attend EmpowaYouth? Because your future deserves more than waiting, it deserves movement, momentum, and meaning
EmpowaYouth Awards
Celebrating Excellence. Cementing Legacy.
A prestigious national honours platform that elevates the trailblazers, organisations, institutions, and individuals reshaping the youth economy through measurable, high-impact interventions. These aren’t just awards. They’re declarations of what’s possible when vision meets action.
EmpowaYouth Indaba
Power Meets Policy. Ideas Become Infrastructure.
A high stakes convening of policymakers, CEOs, ecosystem architects, and development leaders. More than dialogue, this is a think tank in motion, focused on real collaboration, real solutions, and real system reform to tackle youth unemployment at scale.
EmpowaYouth Experiences & Campaigns
Ignite Ambition. Activate Access.
A dynamic national rollout of powerful, on-the-ground experiences, bringing industries, inspiration, and information directly to youth in underserved spaces. From township career activations to mobile labs and pop-up expos, we don’t wait for the system to reach them ,we take the system to them.
EmpowaYouth Summits: Weeks & Weekends
Equipping Futures. Engineering Momentum.
Intensive, high-energy programmes delivering critical skills, mentorship, and mindset shifts, all designed for real-world readiness. These aren’t events, they’re accelerators of ambition, where young people walk in uncertain and walk out unstoppable.
EmpowaYouth Industry Summits & Sector Experiences
Unlocking Opportunity. Aligning with Demand.
Deep-dive, sector-specific engagements designed to bridge the gap between youth talent and future-facing industries, from green economy to AI, agri-tech to digital media. We don’t talk jobs; we design pipelines to the industries shaping the future.
EmpowaYouth Insights & Trends
The Intelligence Engine of the Youth Economy.
Cutting-edge data, behavioural insights, and policy analysis that decode youth aspirations, barriers, and trends. This is the nerve centre of youth-led innovation, arming funders, policymakers, and implementers with the foresight to lead with relevance.
EmpowaYouth Content Studio
Shift the Narrative. Amplify the Voice.
A bold multimedia hub crafting powerful, youth-driven storytelling, from raw interviews and short films to podcasts and digital series. We’re not just telling stories, we’re flipping the script on how Africa sees, hears, and values its youth.
Powerhouse Voices. One Transformed Youth Economy.
Over 500 high-impact voices have powered the EmpowaYouth platform, from Cabinet Ministers, Premiers, Mayors, MECs, and Traditional Leaders to Listed Company CEOs, global keynote speakers, and pioneering entrepreneurs. These aren’t just speakers, they’re architects of South Africa’s next economy.
We’ve brought gravitas and influence into township auditoriums and global perspective onto national stages. From bestselling authors, iconic athletes, and top comedians to award-winning creatives, media personalities, and cultural disruptors, EmpowaYouth fuses policy, pop culture, and purpose in one dynamic, youth-first movement.
These are not appearances, they are alignments. Strategic, intentional, and mission driven.
Together, these voices form a coalition for change, committed to unlocking access, igniting belief, and building an inclusive, future-proof youth economy.
This is not a speaker catalogue. This is a national force for transformation, and we’ve only just begun.
One Bold Movement. One Township at a Time. One Youth Economy, Reimagined.
Over 200 leading brands, foundations, and mission-aligned organisations have aligned with EmpowaYouth, making it one of South Africa’s most powerful and effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models for youth transformation.
This is not philanthropy. It’s a strategic rebellion against economic exclusion.
From financial giants to media houses, from SETAs to social enterprises, our partners are not just funding moments. They are co-engineering a new economy from the ground up. Together, we’ve invested in hard outcomes: critical skills, catalytic funding, market access, and enterprise development.
This is not sponsorship, this is system change.
One township. One rural village. One breakthrough at a time.
One unified movement, building a youth economy that works. For real. For good. For all.
EmpowaYouth National Rollout
One Movement. Nine Provinces. One Youth Economy, Unleashed.
500+ Powerhouse Voices. One Transformed Youth Economy.
From township streets to provincial strategy rooms, EmpowaYouth is activating the full power of South Africa’s youth, turning talent into traction, and ambition into economic acceleration.This is the rise of the Youth Economy, built by youth, backed by industry, and shaped by those bold enough to believe in something bigger.
One province at a time, we’re not just creating opportunity, we’re redesigning the economic blueprint of a nation.
Join us where the real shift is happening, at the frontline of South Africa’s next economy.
Media Impact | EmpowaYouth
From the Margins to the Mainstream. From Silence to Spotlight.
EmpowaYouth isn’t just changing lives, we’re changing the national conversation.
Across every major media channel, prime-time television, front-page news, powerhouse radio, and digital platforms that move the masses, our message is being heard, seen, and felt.We’ve turned township stories into national headlines, and youth voices into calls for action that echo from community halls to corporate boardrooms.
This is more than coverage, it’s a movement made visible.
Every interview, feature, and trending post fuels a bigger mission: to inspire belief, ignite possibility, and position young people at the centre of South Africa’s economic future.
We’re not just in the media; we’re rewriting the story of a generation. Boldly. Proudly. Unstoppably.
This media presence is not about visibility for its own sake, it’s about owning the national narrative on youth, work, and the future of the economy.
EmpowaYouth is not a moment. It’s a movement and the media is taking notice.
TV Coverage
Empowering the Unemployed Youth | SABC NEWS
Expropriation Act Presents Opportunities for Youth – Minister Chikunga | SABC NEWS
Gauteng Film Commission helping Youth With Opportunities | SABC NEWS
Gauteng Film Commission – Tackling Youth Unemployment – Tumi Lebaka Weighs in | SABC News
Transport Education Training Authority CEO: Mrs Maphefo Anno-Frempong was live on The Morning Show
Mlambo-Ngcuka: It’s important for women to break barriers in male-dominated fields | NEWZROOM AFRIKA
Women in Agriculture | Opportunities and funding for women | ENCA
EmpowaYouth outreach programme empowers unemployed young people in Mpumalanga | SABC NEWS
Empowayouth week | Building a better future for the youth | ENCA
EmpowaYouth support programme a possible solution to high unemployment rate | NEWSROOM AFRIKA
Discussion | NYDA joins Empowaworx to launch the 2022 Orange Farm Empowa Youth week | SABC NEWS
Empowa Youth Weekend Campaign North West | NEWSROOM FRIKA
Calls for young people to consider being agripreneurs: Kgalaletso Tlhoaele | SABC NEWS
Youth empowerment programme in Mahikeng | SABC NEWS
Last day of the TETA EmpowaYouth Weekend held in Qonce | NEWSROOM AFRIKA
Print Features
INSETA launches first ever Insurance Skills Indaba | RANDBURG SUN
EmpowaYouth Addresses the Urgent Issue of Youth Unemployment in South Africa: A Call For Collaborative Action | PROAGRIMEDIA
EmpowaYouth Addresses the Urgent Issue of Youth Unemployment in South Africa: A Call For Collaborative Action | FUTURE SA
EmpowaYouth Masterclass Empowers Future Filmmakers | RANDBURG SUN
EmpowaYouth Heads to Ekurhuleni: Connecting Young People with Tangible Opportunities | ONLINE MAGAZINE
EmpowaYouth Gathers Leaders to Shape Job Solutions | RANDBURG SUN
EmpowaYouth and Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga Reimagine Livelihoods to Recover Lost Ground at Inaugural EmpowaYouth Indaba | STOKEVEL TALK
Radio Interviews
SMG -CELEBRATING WORKERS MONTH WITH MOOKHO RICH AUNTY MHLAYIVANA | LIGWALAGWALA FM
#LifeInBalance Practical Solutions to Unemployment in South Africa | RADIO 2000
EmpowaYouth Indaba – Youth Unemployment | SA FM
YFM Podcast
TUT Podcast
RADIO 2000 Podcast
SAFM Podcast
Jozi FM Podcast
702 Podcast
Why Attend EmpowaYouth?
Because your future deserves more than waiting, it deserves movement, momentum, and meaning.
EmpowaYouth is not just another event, it’s a catalytic platform where potential meets possibility and ambition meets access.
Whether you’re unemployed and looking for a breakthrough, self-employed and building something great, studying and searching for your next step, or simply uncertain about the road ahead, EmpowaYouth is your starting point, your launchpad, your power move.
This is not about hoping for change. It’s about stepping into it. Boldly. Intentionally. Now.
Design Your Tomorrow
Discover future-facing industries, high-growth careers, and the economic sectors that are redefining success. From tech and agriculture to green energy, finance, media, and innovation, this is where you find your fit, your fire, your future.
Skill Yourself Up
Gain access to practical, accredited, and in-demand training that aligns with where the real jobs are. No fluff. No guesswork. Just skills that work, for the economy you’re walking into.
Fund Your Dreams
If you’re building a hustle, launching a business, or sitting on a big idea, this is your chance to pitch, unlock funding, and connect to real support ecosystems. We don’t just inspire entrepreneurs; we invest in them.
Connect Your Future
This is not networking, it’s direct engagement. Rub shoulders with recruiters, HR leaders, investors, funders, and decision-makers from top organisations across the country. Build relationships that open doors
Get That Job
No more sending CVs into the void. Apply for jobs, learnerships, internships, and programmes, on the spot. This is your chance to walk in with ambition and walk out with opportunity in hand.
Ignite Your Passion
Learn from the legends. Be mentored by the women and men who are changing industries, starting movements, and leading enterprises. They’ve built it, now they’re here to show you how.
Explore New Pathways
Sometimes the dream is bigger than what you’ve seen. At EmpowaYouth, you’ll be exposed to new industries, unconventional career journeys, and untapped possibilities, many of which you’ve never had access to before.
Get Yourself Ready
The world is changing fast. Learn how to adapt, grow, and lead through that change. Get equipped with the mindset, tools, digital readiness, and leadership edge you need to thrive in any economy.
Team
The Architects of South Africa’s Youth Economy Rebuild
The EmpowaYouth team doesn’t plan events, we engineer economic shifts.
This is a collective of strategists, ecosystem builders, and high-impact executors united by one unshakable mission: to build a future where young people don’t just participate, they lead, own, and redefine the system.
From boardrooms to township streets, we design platforms that turn ambition into access and potential into power. Every experience is intentional. Every partnership is strategic. Every activation is built to deliver outcomes that matter, not optics, not hashtags, but impact you can measure.
We don’t chase applause, we build infrastructure.
Fueled by purpose and sharpened by precision, we are obsessed with one goal: to dismantle youth unemployment, ignite economic participation, and embed young people into the engine room of South Africa’s next economy.
This isn’t a team. It’s a transformation task force. And we’re just getting started.
Simphiwe Masiza
Founder & Executive Producer
Simphiwe Masiza is the visionary Founder and CEO of Empowaworx and The Speakers Firm — two powerhouse brands at the forefront of South Africa’s integrated marketing, reputation leadership, and impact ecosystem. As the architect of groundbreaking platforms like EmpowaYouth, EmpowaWomen, EmpowaEntrepreneurs, EmpowaHim, EmpowaMen, and EmpowaHer, he is redefining how nations mobilize people, capital, and ideas for lasting transformation.
A sought-after international keynote speaker, author, and trailblazing entrepreneur, Simphiwe is known for turning vision into velocity. His platforms are not just events — they are movements that fuel opportunity, unlock capital, and champion inclusive growth.Armed with academic excellence from WITS, GIBS, and other top institutions, his expertise spans strategic planning, executive leadership, governance, organisational development, and reputation architecture. Simphiwe Masiza doesn’t just build brands — he engineers impact.
Azande Ralephenya
Managing Executive: Special Projects | EmpowaWorx
Azande Ralephenya is a multi-award-winning strategic communications trailblazer with over 12 years of shaping narratives, influencing public perception, and positioning brands at the forefront of culture and commerce. A force in corporate, tech, and consumer communications, Azande has mastered the art of turning stories into strategy and strategy into measurable impact.
She is a trusted architect of influence, known for building agile PR teams, leading high-stakes campaigns, and engineering stakeholder trust at scale. Whether launching breakthrough brands or managing reputational pivots, Azande delivers results that shift markets and mindsets alike.
In her role as Managing Executive: Special Projects at EmpowaWorx, she leads the charge on two of Africa’s most powerful platforms EmpowaWomen and EmpowaYouth — driving national movements that centre women, youth, and transformation at every level. Bold, brilliant, and purpose-driven, Azande doesn’t just manage projects, she mobilises momentum.
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Montez-Avinir
Executive Lead: Brand Partnerships & Sponsorships | Empowaworx
Renee Montez-Avinir is a powerhouse strategist, master negotiator, and Africa’s go-to architect for high-stakes partnerships that don’t just land they lead. As the Executive Lead for Brand Partnerships & Sponsorships at Empowaworx, she commands boardroom influence and marketplace precision, delivering bold commercial outcomes with transformative impact.
For over 20 years, Renee has trailblazed across Africa’s most competitive markets securing legacy-making deals, unlocking new revenue frontiers, and turning vision into scalable value. Her partnerships have powered national campaigns, elevated iconic brands, and driven inclusive growth in multiple sectors across the continent.
A well-known figure in Africa’s business development and promotion circles, she is celebrated for her ability to fuse strategy with relationship capital, aligning brands with purpose, scale, and visibility. With a Degree in Communications Science and two postgraduate qualifications in Public Relations and Event Management, Renee fuses academic rigor with lived executional excellence.
At Empowaworx, she doesn’t just negotiate partnerships she engineers ecosystems of influence, capital, and sustainable power.
Katekani Shivambu
Digital Architect of Influence | Growth Strategist | Brand Storyteller at Empowaworx
Katekani Shivambu is a dynamic force behind Empowaworx’s digital evolution, a seasoned Digital Specialist with over a decade of high-impact experience driving brand growth, innovation, and strategic influence across industries. Her work sits at the intersection of creativity, data, and execution, where strategy meets scale.
Known for her sharp multitasking ability and solutions-driven mindset, Katekani leads with precision and purpose. She is fluent in the full digital value chain from public relations, campaign development, and media buying to ROI-driven budgeting, analytics, and digital performance reporting. Her approach is as holistic as it is disruptive.
With a strong command of design thinking and integrated brand strategy, she doesn’t just grow brands, she builds movements. Katekani is an integral part of the EmpowaWomen ecosystem, championing platforms that connect purpose to power and stories to scale.
Mbali Mavuso
Lead Event Manager
Mbali Mavuso is a powerhouse Events Manager with over a decade of high-impact experience in events, activations, and brand experiences. From spearheading Eskom’s iconic 49M initiative to driving strategic executions for TOTAL South Africa’s CSI and Marketing portfolios, as well as activations for Tiger Brands and Distell, Mbali is known for delivering campaigns that don’t just land they resonate.
As the lead events strategist for EmpowaYouth, EmpowaWomen, and EmpowaEntrepreneurs, Mbali curates bold, purpose-led experiences that command attention and inspire action. Her work doesn’t just fill rooms, it fuels movements, unlocks sponsorship value, and shapes memorable engagements that align seamlessly with brand purpose and social impact imperatives.
Celebrated for her creative precision, operational excellence, and deep understanding of audience psychology, Mbali is the driving force behind experiences that shift perceptions, build legacy, and leave a lasting footprint. Simply put she turns visions into unforgettable realities.
Sechaba Motsieloa
Managing Executive
Sechaba is a creative business strategist with 25+ years of experience in brand and impact management. He has held senior leadership roles at McDonald’s South Africa, Magna Carta, Lurco, The DaVinci Institute, the Marketing Association of South Africa, and KANSY Group. Known for his strategic insight and human-centered leadership, Sechaba leverages his expertise in strategic communications to advance organizational goals effectively.
Anita Tirkey
Speaker Manager
Anita Tirkey is the powerhouse behind the speaker experience at Empowaworx, a dynamic Speaker Manager and Cross-Functional Business Specialist who engineers the end-to-end speaker journey across the group’s flagship platforms: EmpowaWomen, EmpowaYouth, and EmpowaEntrepreneurs.
Armed with an MBA and a robust command of operations, stakeholder engagement, event execution, and supplier management, Anita doesn’t just coordinate she orchestrates. Every summit under her leadership is a masterclass in precision, impact, and strategic alignment.
Her unique ability to bridge internal teams with external thought leaders makes her an indispensable force in delivering world-class summits that shift thinking, inspire action, and drive transformation. With collaborative leadership, composure under pressure, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, Anita ensures that every voice on the Empowaworx stage is not just heard but felt.
At the heart of every transformative Empowaworx experience is Anita’s unseen genius shaping outcomes, elevating narratives, and engineering the conversations that move nations forward.
Simphiwe Majola
Senior PR and Influencer Marketing Specialist
Majola is a PR powerhouse with a 20-year career and an unmatched reputation in the industry. Known for his exceptional relationships with media outlets, Majola has worked with brands like Fenty Beauty SA, Castle Lite, and Standard Bank Joy of Jazz. His strategic expertise drives impactful campaigns, solidifying Empowaworx’s leadership in PR and influencer marketing.
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Volunteer Call
This is Not A Drill
This is A Revolution
EmpowaYouth is not a campaign. It’s a full-blown, youth-led economic uprising against unemployment, poverty, and exclusion. We’re not here to tick boxes. We’re here to restructure South Africa radically, relentlessly, and at scale. This is your chance to be part of something bigger than yourself. If you’ve got the fire, the skills, and the will to change the system then step forward.
Empowayouth Is Recruiting: Volunteers Who Get Things Done
This isn’t coffee runs and clipboard duty. This is a frontline call to high-calibre talent ready to execute under pressure and ignite transformation in real-time
We’re not looking for helpers.
We’re looking for builders.
For bold thinkers and flawless doers.
For the ones who can manage chaos, command a room, move a crowd, and make it all look effortless.
If you thrive on purpose, precision, and pressure, we want you.
ROLES OPEN NOW
- Digital Brand Strategy & Campaign Execution – Bring your sharp strategy and digital fluency to life.
- Social Media Mavericks & Content Creators – Make our platforms roar and our stories go viral.
- Public Relations Warriors – Shape narratives, amplify impact, and protect the brand.
- Event Architects & Stage Managers – Build unforgettable experiences from blueprint to spotlight.
- Programme Directors & Flow Masters – Orchestrate energy and flow like a symphony.
- Talent Management & Logistics – Handle high-profile guests and talent with poise and power.
- Project Admin Ninjas – Precision. Order. Execution. Behind-the-scenes brilliance.
Why Join Us?
Because EmpowaYouth is not an event. It’s a national movement rewriting the future of South Africa’s youth economy. From township stages to national platforms, our mission is massive, and our execution is military.
Why Join Us?
Because EmpowaYouth is not an event. It’s a reckoning. It’s a national movement rebuilding South Africa’s youth economy, one province, one township, one life at a time. We don’t do tokenism. We do transformation.
We work with speed, precision, and power, from activation floors to executive war rooms. Our platforms don’t just inspire. They mobilise, educate, activate, and employ.
When you join our team, you don’t just contribute. You catalyse. You stretch. You grow. You deliver.
Ready to Get in the Arena? Here’s How to Apply:
This isn’t just another form to fill.
It’s your shot at joining a national movement that values precision, speed, and impact.
We’re not looking for everyone.
We’re looking for the right ones, those with grit, intent, and the hunger to build something bigger than themselves.
If that’s you, make it count.
Send a sharp, standout application to volunteer@empowayouth.co.za with the following:
- Your Experience & Qualifications
(Tell us what you’ve built, run, or delivered — and how you work under pressure.) - Your Motivation
(Why do you want in? What drives you to lead from behind the scenes?) - A Short, Powerful Bio
(We’re not interested in titles, we want to know who you are when it matters most.) - Any Case Studies or Work Samples
(Show us what you’ve done. Prove your precision. Share the work you’re proud of.)
Deadline: Applications assessed on a rolling basis. Don’t wait. This is your window. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Join the team that makes transformation real. Power the mission. Build the future.
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