Ericsson and The Wot-if? Trust win Changing Lives award at AfricaCom 2018
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and The Wot-if? Trust jointly won the Changing Lives award in recognition of their joint efforts to promote entrepreneurship and provide access to skills and resources in deserving communities. The award was announced at AfricaCom 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Ericsson partnered with The Wot-if? Trust to build a 244-square-meter Tech and Media Hub using converted cargo containers in Diepsloot, a post-apartheid settlement in South Africa. It features a training center, cyber café, open meeting spaces, a think tank, resource centre and a studio for Diepsloot Radio.
The eHUB promotes socio-economic development through the provision of data and digital resources, training and mentorship and access to opportunities for job seekers and emerging entrepreneurs. The objective is to ensure they are able to earn a sustainable income, which will ultimately impact and improve their livelihood.
AfricaCom Awards 2018 recognize the achievements of the best companies, solutions, products and personalities improving connectivity and driving Africa through the fourth industrial revolution.
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ABOUT Wot-if? Trust
The Wot-if? Trust is a social enterprise that has operated in Diepsloot since 2013, providing much needed resources to emerging and small enterprises. Many of the entrepreneurs that are supported live in homes with no electricity or sanitation. Access to the resources, skills programmes and mentoring provided at the eHUB ensure that they can develop sound value propositions and business models and access markets.
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