Author: Rowen Pillai

South Africa currently grapples with one of the world’s highest unemployment rates, standing at a staggering 31.9% in 2024, with youth unemployment exceeding 60%. This challenge is compounded by deep-seated structural issues like inequality and inadequate access to education, creating a skills mismatch that leaves many job seekers unprepared for available opportunities. However, amidst these persistent difficulties, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological breakthroughs emerge as a potential game changer.  Far from being a mere trend, AI possesses the capacity to significantly transform various sectors of the economy and holds the promise of helping to solve long-standing issues such as…