Sisabulela Kula, Project Engineer, originally joined Ebor Automotive Systems as an independent intern and was invited by the Unity for Africa Foundation to provide some insight and motivation based on his personal internship experience at Ebor Automotive Systems to Grade 12 learners that will be participating in the iGEMS programme next year.
iGEMS is a Nelson Mandela Bay based education-to-employment initiative led by the Unity in Africa Foundation, in partnership with Go for Gold and the Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Unit of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. It is a collaboration between companies and civil society created to improve the number of candidates from disadvantaged communities eligible to study towards a technical profession and secure employment.
The Unity for Africa Foundation has its objectives aligned as per the BEE codes of good practice, identifying EDUCATION as one of the key areas of investment.