Matthew Ash
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Matthew has an MBA from WITS University and it was whilst completing his degree that he realised that his strongest calling was that of people empowerment. Matthew had worked on various Work Readiness and employability programmes in South Africa and this lead him to write his applied research project on ‘barriers to graduate unemployment in South Africa’. Whilst compiling his report Matthew understood that the barriers to employment were not South African centric and the supply of skills needed on the continent of Africa were depleting for historical reasons. Matthew wants to ensure the skills needed for the future are ones that students are being taught and that the fourth industrial revolution needs to be taken seriously and is not something students or educators need to be scared of. Matthew has been working for many years on introducing a new type of digital learning technology that allows students to gain essential business skills that will prepare them for the world of work. Working together we are stronger and humanity can thrive.