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Listen | Why data prices matter to young job-seekers.

Clotilde Angelucci

20 March 2020
Yotuh Capital cost of job-seeking

In its  December 2019 report, the Competition Commission mentioned the need to offer prepaid customers a lifeline package of daily free data to ensure all citizens have data access on a continual basis, regardless of income levels. 

In this interview with Stephen Grootes from SAfm Sunrise, Youth Capital’s Project Lead Kristal Duncan-Williams reports that the cost of job-seeking is very high and a reduced cost of data could assist in helping young people seek employment. She also touches on the importance of zero-rated sites. Listen to the interview below.