Mireille Wenger, provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, spent the morning at the I-CAN Centre in Elsie’s River which is a flagship and pioneering community-based centre, developed in partnership with the City of Cape Town, which provides digital skills programmes and has had more than 94,000 visitors to date, after opening in 2015.
Minister Wenger said, “As we celebrate President Mandela’s legacy today, and specifically, his commitment to empowering our youth who are our future, I am thrilled to be part of the launch of the Makerspace Lab. This space has been created to encourage young entrepreneurs to use their entrepreneurial skills to develop prototypes for display, ultimately to gain exposure to generate income.”
“I had the pleasure of meeting some amazing young people from Phillipi, Khayelitsha, and Elsie’s River who are currently studying at…
