About Us

With over 15 years of experience, Lulaway is a project management leader specializing in youth employment in South Africa.  We pride ourselves on facilitating Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and delivering end-to-end project management solutions. Our innovative and agile approach ensures that we continually adapt our business models to meet the evolving needs of clients and the industry. By leveraging a robust, regularly updated database of unemployed youth, we streamline recruitment and quickly mobilize targeted groups. Our customized reporting dashboard provides extensive features that ensure transparency and offer valuable insights for all stakeholders.

2K+

Job seekers placed

R1M

in funding disbursed

1+

large-scale projects managed

Our Story

Since 2008, Lulaway has evolved from a job centre and work placement company to becoming an experienced and trusted project management company within the youth employment space in South Africa, where youth unemployment still hovers around 50%. Expanding our services to meet the growing needs of job seekers, we now deliver end-to-end project management with over 50 large-scale projects managed across seven specialized spheres. By facilitating Public Private Partnerships (PPP), leveraging advanced technology, streamlined recruitment, and transparent reporting, Lulaway continues to drive social change—one job at a time.

Our Mission

Lulaway sets out to transform youth unemployment in South Africa by acting as a bridge connecting job seekers, employers, and the public sector in meaningful and impactful ways. We provide accessible job opportunities as well as training that equips young people with the skills to not only secure, but also retain employment, driving lasting social impact and economic development.
Through this partnership with Lulaway we have seen over 1600 young people within a space of the year being placed in jobs!
July Maphosa
Director Sustainable Livelihood
Gauteng Department of Social Development
Providing platform for young people to virtually network with potential employers
We recommend Lulaway's services to any organisation or company that is looking for a service provider in a similar area.
Birgit Viverberg
Skills and Education Manager
NYDA
Providing database development and digitising services as well as facilitation of training and job placements of young people across the country
Lulaway was an official partner for the Absa Ready-to-Work programme from May 2017 to December 2018. They successfully trained 10,935 beneficiaries and placed 2,871 into jobs. Their professionalism and dedication ensured the programme's success, and we were satisfied with their work.
Dr Reaan Immelman
Education & Skills Manager
ABSA Bank
Providing Ready to Work training and work placements on Behalf of Absa Bank
I am happy to recommend the services of Lulaway Holdings. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!
Sfiso Dimba
Youth Development Manager
BANKSETA
Managing the recruitment of learners for the Kuyasa and Letsema learnership for BANKSETA
Our Partners

Milestones of Impact and Growth: Timeline

Since 2008, Lulaway has been on a journey of empowering youth and creating opportunities, bridging the gap between job seekers and employers to drive meaningful change

2008
Lulaway Established

Lulaway was initially founded as a network of internet cafe`s, aiming to assist job seekers in finding relevant online channels to apply for job opportunities.

2011
Internet cafes become Job centres

Lulaway partners with the Gauteng DSD to open 20 Job centres throughout the province. These Job centres replaced the internet cafe`s, becoming dedicated, central hubs where job seekers can come to apply for a variety of entry-level jobs.

2012
The Lulaway Online Job board is launched with Dis-chem

Lulaway launches own custom online Job board with Dis-chem pharmacies. Job seekers can now come into any Lulaway Job centre to apply for Dis-chem entry-level positions. Dis-chem exclusively recruit cashiers, merchandisers and admin staff via the Lulaway portal.

2013
McDonald's partnership

Lulaway partners with McDonald's for the recruitment of McDonald's entry-level cashiers, waiters/resses, kitchen and front-line staff. McDonald's uses the Lulaway portal for selection of staff.

2016
First PPP Project

Facilitated the training and placement of 200 South African youth at Bidvest Proea Coin group, as Security officers, supported by the Ekurhuleni Municipality

2017
ABSA Corporate CSI project

ABSA Corporate Citizenship Work-readiness and Youth placement project implemented. 12 000 South African job seekers trained and 6000 placed into private sector jobs.

2018
City of CT Workforce development programme

Launch of Lularides in partnership with Uber Eats

2021
Large-scale placements

Launch of mass employment program with the UIF

Employ. Empower. Uplift.

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Our Values

1

Social
Impact

We are committed to creating opportunities that uplift communities and transform lives through sustainable employment initiatives.

2

Unmatched
Integrity

Our work is grounded in transparency, ensuring accountability and trust with partners, donors, and the youth we serve.

3

Innovative
Solutions

We provide tailored, data-driven programs to address unemployment challenges, leveraging technology for scalable and meaningful results.

Our Team