Our belief is that South Africa’s youth are the next generation of leaders, drivers of innovation and economic development. Our students complete a six-week training course to skill them in the installation, operation and maintenance of our hydrogen fuel cells. The programme provides training for currently unemployed graduates from technical and vocational education and training colleges. The trainees all had N4 or N6-level qualifications in chemical and electrical engineering.

As Bambili Energy with the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (Ewseta) and the Department of Science and Innovation, we cooperate to select a number of the course graduates for one-year internships at Bambili. When the company’s manufacturing facility has officially been inaugurated, it would be possible to offer them, and perhaps other course graduates and full-time jobs, as the company would have to recruit staff for the facility.

In addition to Bambili, the DSI and Ewseta, the partnership involved the DSI’s Hydrogen South Africa programme (better known as HySA), the South African National Energy Development Institute, and the University of Pretoria.

We are incredibly proud of our graduates and the new journey they will be embarking on with Bambili and their future.