Company PRofile
Nurturing Youth Success | Est. 2022
Youth unemployment is an individual tragedy, repeated millions of times over. But our unemployed youth are our greatest untapped talent pool. Given the right skills to succeed, our youth have the power to transform South Africa.
60.9%
Unemployment, ages 15-24, Q1 2026 (Stats SA)
10.1%
Of 15-24s absorbed into work, lowest of any age group
75.5%
Are long-term unemployed, up from 63.3% a decade ago
Impact to date
Cohorts
Graduates
Completion
“If it wasn’t for TalentProjX, we would’ve been stuck in the township doing nothing.”
— Rodney, 21, Alexandra, July 2026 Graduate
“They helped us grow, not only as aspiring entrepreneurs but also as individuals.”
— Keketso, 21, Alexandra, July 2026 Graduate
“I learned to fall in love with the problem, not the solution – and to be ready to kill your baby when an idea isn’t feasible.”
— Thato, 21, June 2026 Graduate, now Lead Facilitator, Alexandra
Case Study
Alex Change Agents | June 2026
Problem
Absence of entertainment for families in Alexandra.
Solution
A community Fun Day for Alexandra parents who cannot afford to take their children out of the township. Tickets R30 children, R50 adults -priced low to earn trust first time out.
Funding
Each member presold 10 tickets to cover costs
Pressure
Lost the free venue, negotiated a paid one, then talked the manager past a missing document two days out. The jumping-castle vendor cancelled the night before; they found a replacement at double the price that morning and opened on schedule.
Adoption
70 cold sales approaches › none turned them away › 51 attended › 19 presold, 32 on the day. Adoption: 27 asked to join whatever the team does next. Net profit: R330.
Case Study
CJC TUKS | July 2026
Feasibility
A team ran the full Design Thinking cycle on healthcare and found nothing viable, feasible or desirable. With the deadline closing they scrapped it rather than push an idea they did not believe in.
Restart
Re-empathised, mapped the user journey and redefined the problem in one week: students at Central Johannesburg College have little time or money for lunch.
Execution
Won campus trading permission themselves, raised a micro-loan for stock in three days, and were selling two days later. Menu priced R2 to R15.
Adoption
80 cold sales approaches › 24 bought in the first two days › 30% conversion. Adoption: 10 committed to buying daily. Still trading.
How the 5 weeks work
Week 1
Courage & motivation
Learning-curve mindset, personal purpose statement, structured public speaking, coldapproach sales.
Week 2
Value
creation
Design Thinking and Scrum in multiple live sprints, to get up the learning curve fast.
Week 3-5
The Capstone Project
- Teams choose their own problem, then research, design, try, iterate and deliver a solution to paying users.
- Our hurdle is adoption:customers coming back for more.
- Teamwork, innovation, unsolicited sales and real delivery in a very tight time frame.
Where we go next
An Alumni Programme
Support beyond
week five.
New Centres In New Communities
105 participants per facilitator.
A Digitised Programme
To reach talent
beyond Gauteng.
How you can help us grow the impact
Partner in kind: hire from our alumni talent pool | offer a venue in a new community | fund lunch, which keeps a classroom concentrating | supply stationery for research and prototyping | help us tell the story.
R250 /month
A standing order: one young person a year.
R3 000
One participant, one course, all in.
R310 000 /year
105 participants per classroom, per facilitator.
Multi-year
Growth: more sites, staff, alumni support.
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