Youth Employment Service -YES

The Youth Employment Service (YES), a South African not-for-profit (NPO), aims to address the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa by enabling 12-month quality jobs* for unemployed youth.

YES was created through the CEO initiative in collaboration with government and labour. It is the biggest private sector-funded pipeline for unemployed talent in South Africa.

Since being founded just over three years ago, YES has worked with over 2,200 corporate partners to create on average 2,000 - 3,000 youth jobs, per month, all with no government funding. 

This has seen R6 billion+ injected into communities and the economy through youth wallets.