Hundreds of thousands of young people in Africa will benefit from training to prepare them for work, while several thousand will gain apprenticeships and traineeships at Nestlé, the company’s CEO Paul Bulcke has announced.
"Under our Nestlé Global Youth Initiative, we will create more than 3,000 apprenticeships and traineeship opportunities in Africa by the end of 2018. We will provide readiness-for-work training for more than 300,000 young people over the same period," Mr Bulcke said.
Mr Bulcke was speaking at Nestlé’s Creating Shared Value Forum in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where business, civil society and government leaders from Africa and beyond are focused on 'Investing in Sustainable Development in Africa'.
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