{"id":64633,"date":"2025-11-26T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:06:24","slug":"lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho Launches Yoma Programme for Youth Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>In efforts to address the overwhelming rates of unemployment, the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Social Development, in partnership with UNICEF Lesotho, has launched the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) programme in Maseru on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Held under the theme \u2018Empowering Youth Through Digital Opportunity and Skills Development,\u2019 the launch marked a significant step towards advancing digital skills and employability among young people in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>In his keynote address, the Minister of Gender, Youth and Social Development, Mr. Pitso Lesaoana said that the introduction of YOMA demonstrates the government\u2019s commitment to empowering young Basotho through innovative digital solutions.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the programme will help bridge gaps in access to skills development and economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. In efforts to address the overwhelming rates of unemployment, the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Social Development, in partnership with UNICEF Lesotho, has launched the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) programme in Maseru on Wednesday. Held under the theme \u2018Empowering Youth Through Digital Opportunity and Skills Development,\u2019 the launch marked a significant step [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-64633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lesotho Launches Yoma Programme for Youth Skills - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In efforts to address the overwhelming rates of unemployment, the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Social Development, in p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesotho Launches Yoma Programme for Youth Skills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In efforts to address the overwhelming rates of unemployment, the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Social Development, in p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-26T20:03:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-26T20:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1764174965.834938.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lesotho Launches Yoma Programme for Youth Skills\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-26T20:03:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-26T20:06:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1764174965.834938.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-launches-yoma-programme-for-youth-skills\",\"name\":\"Lesotho Launches Yoma Programme for Youth Skills - 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