IT firm’s South African project

A Glasgow-based software firm has teamed up with a South African not-for-profit social enterprise to help excluded young people in the country find work.

Caseblo cks, which star ted out in 2011, is among social and technology organisations to be working with Harambee, which is present in the likes of Johannesburg and Cape Town, to build a work-seeker support system and technology platform.

The Scottish business’ adaptive case-management system will enable Harambee to scale to meet greater demands at a national level, helping hun- dreds of thousands of young workers currently locked out of employment in South Africa. More than half of all young people in the country are unemployed.

Caseblo cks’ platform sup - ports and manages the processes involved in candidate recruitment, search, training, selection and job placement, helping people find their own route to employment.

Its co-founder and chief technology officer Ijonas Kiss elbach said it is“rewarding to be involved in a project critical to the future of South Africa”.

He added that the entire team is“highly motivated and driven by the shared goal to see 500,000 young people secure income-generating opportunities by 2022. This important project demonstrates how machine learning and case management can come together to solve complex, enterprise process challenges.

Ha ram bee chief information office rE van Jones said: “Case blocks was chosen to deliver the case management platform to 400 users as well as our consortium partners IQ Business and Dotmodus… We’re delighted to have a system that meets the needs of our young people as well as the companies that are employing them. We’re driven by creating a better outcome for young people herein South Africa, and we’ve chosen our technology partners with care.”