Christopher Rooney

A worker cleans mussels farmed on aquaculture rafts in Saldanha Bay near Cape Town, South Africa, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

The impact of COVID-19 on industries without smokestacks in South Africa

Zaakhir Asmal and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Visitors take photographs at a popular tourist site at the V&A Waterfront during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Cape Town, South Africa, August 26, 2020. Picture taken August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Solving South Africa’s unemployment: Could tourism, horticulture, agro-processing, or logistics hold the key?

Christopher Rooney and Zaakhir Asmal

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Durban, South Africa - 15 August, 2012 - a woman works picking cucumbers in a farm greenhouse.

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study

Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morné Oosthuizen, and Christopher Rooney

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

South Africa - Durban - 15 June 2020 - Zethembe Langa (owner, 34) with his assistant Dumani Jili (blue uniform) are young pig farmers just ouside Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his business this year 2020 and has a few butcheries as his clients. Photo by Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) /RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

Easy meat: The case of the pork industry in South Africa

Christopher Rooney

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Customer service agents are seen at the Jumia customer service office in Lagos, Nigeria January 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Job creation for youth in Africa: Skills needs and gaps for industries without smokestacks

Christopher Rooney and Zaakhir Asmal

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

An employee of tech start-up Sendy, which offers online logistics services, works on her computer at their office in Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A methodological framework

Haroon Bhorat, Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Robert Hill, and Christopher Rooney

Wednesday, March 4, 2020