{"id":218407,"date":"2022-03-04T15:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=113598"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:46:52","slug":"the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cross Trainer Donates Laptops To The New Entrepreneurship Development Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113599\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=113599\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-113599 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113599 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of non-profit organisation Purposeful Life; CEO of The Cross Trainer Mark Frame; Sibongile Dladla and Nondumiso Dube. | Source: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In celebration of the launch of the new Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Daveyton, Johannesburg, The Cross Trainer has donated five Lenovo laptops, to help the community\u2019s youth achieve their ambition of becoming tomorrow\u2019s business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a sports fashion retailer, South Africa\u2019s youth are at the very heart of our business. We are fully dedicated to helping young people realise their dreams and goals, and to support the needs of the local communities whom we serve,\u201d notes Nick Rheeder, Chief Marketing Officer of The Cross Trainer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe centre\u2019s opening is extremely exciting for the entire Ekurhuleni region, especially in light of the significant employment challenges currently facing the country\u2019s youth. We really admire their vision and are very proud to be able to support them in their endeavours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded by Sibongile Dladla, Nondumiso Dube, and Bongani Dube, the centre officially launched earlier in February this year. As part of the non-profit organisation Purposeful Life, its mission is to guide youth up to the age of 35 years in their career journeys and to foster the next generation of local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>The centre will provide community members with access to skills development training, and a professional workspace environment with free Wi-Fi to launch new ventures, as well as a boardroom for business meetings. Skills development training will be based on three programme pillars including entrepreneurial programmes, technology programmes, and school programmes offering career guidance and mentorship.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurship programmes will kickstart on 28 February 2022, offering courses in launching a new business, business ethics, and how to grow businesses. The centre\u2019s technology programmes will then commence on the 4th of April, offering training in technopreneurship, Microsoft digital literacy and Internet-of-Thing\u2019s.<br \/>In future, they are still looking for partners, who will help them to provide, cyber security, robotics, coding, networking, and data mining for the youth of Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an organisation, we are committed to walking the entire journey with local entrepreneurs, and to helping youth discover their passion and their purpose,\u201d notes Sibongile Dladla, a co-founder of the Entrepreneurship Development Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so grateful to The Cross Trainer for their generous donation, which will help visitors to our centre do research, create CVs, complete career assessments, access online training, and more. Having the right tools and support at their disposal will be life-changing for many young people, and this donation will make a meaningful difference to many local community members,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The Cross Trainer CEO Mark Frame adds, \u201cAs a company, we stand by our conviction that we should be fully immersed in the communities around us. We are pleased to be able to lend a helping hand to those in need, especially for this type of initiative with the potential to forge new career paths and opportunities for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to play even a small role in the larger story of future entrepreneurs and business leaders, and we look forward to seeing what lies ahead for the centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/the-cross-trainer-donates-laptops-to-the-new-entrepreneurship-development-centre\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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