VLIRUOS projects at the Belgian State Visit to South Africa

Youth unemployment and unemployment among university graduates are high in South Africa. To address this issue, research was conducted on the support available to student entrepreneurs at South African public universities, identifying best practices and creating an assessment tool that can help these universities improve their support and better mitigate unemployment. This project is presented by Dr Riyaad Ismail.

This TED talk features Dr. Alex Bignotti, who presents their project aimed at developing social entrepreneurship in South Africa and across Africa. The project involved creating a curriculum and resources, organising research workshops, and providing training through workshops and webinars. It also resulted in the creation of the African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars (ANSES), a community of over 240 members.

In this video, Professor Bert Willems presents a project that aims to promote talented South African artists from deprived communities in the Stellenbosch region by developing a methodology for cultural empowerment through academic strengthening. This project also seeks to contribute to the broader mission of decolonising knowledge in South Africa.

This video is presented by Professor Ian Rothmann. This project aimed to empower unemployed youth by mapping the psychological experience of being unemployed on one hand and by improving their psychological functioning through a training program on the other hand.