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Welcome to RISE, where we celebrate African women driving future skills, leadership, and opportunity. Join us in uplifting these inspiring voices.Ready to take the next step in your career? Explore learning and work opportunities with SA Youth, powered by Harambee.We are dedicated to empowering women with future skills. Our team, led by Bess Kankolongo, is committed to fostering leadership and opportunity.Mark your calendars! RISE Africa Woman 2027 is set for August 8th in Rosebank, South Africa. Prepare for a wider African horizon.Discover what's inside RISE. From Issue Zero to building Africa's next economy, we cover vital topics for empowerment and growth.Our Future Skills Barometer, Issue Zero, provides an evidence-led starting point for measuring women's future readiness in Africa.From our roots in South Africa, RISE is expanding across the continent, bringing together women to widen the path to success.Read. Reflect. Rise. We bring you ideas to question, skills to put to work, and stories that widen the horizon.Our Johannesburg base is a starting point, not a boundary. We are building a magazine for the future Africa must build.Build skills, build possibility. IBM SkillsBuild offers pathways in AI, Cybersecurity, and Data. Your next topic is waiting.