NYDA's Plan to Empower Youth

The New Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has outlined its key performance areas aimed at addressing challenges faced by the country’s youth.

NYDA chairperson, Andile Lungisa, who also announced that the agency will set up its offices in every municipality in the next three years, says that, “We are also pushing for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to increase its budget allocation for the youth in rural areas.”

“We want to move from just giving young people start-up capital and leave them struggling. Offering them mentorship will help them expand their enterprises. We will be putting pressure on banks to fund business ideas by young people from disadvantaged communities,” says Lungisa.

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