Dear Friend, I frequently receive requests from young people across Africa looking for a mentor. Oftentimes they want me to be their mentor. Sometimes they just want me to connect them to a mentor. While I am very passionate about mentorship I can’t take on all these students. I have five mentees currently, and that …
Seventeen year-old Rossa Wangechi of St. Georges Girls Secondary School in Kenya completed the Company Program, an entrepreneurship education program by Junior Achievement. She recounts her journey to joining JA and becoming CEO of DiGera Company, which won the position of first Runner up at the annual JA Company of the Year Competition in 2017: …
JA Africa’s partnership with Delta Air Lines in Nigeria was featured in the March edition of Delta Air Lines in-flight magazine, Sky. In June 2017, Delta strengthened its commitment to Africa by expanding its community service efforts to include partnerships with Junior Achievement Africa in Nigeria and Senegal. Read the feature below: If you are traveling …
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For Immediate Release 26th January, 2018 – JA Senegal is partnering with Delta Air Lines to run an Innovation Camp to be held at Place du Souvenir Africa on March 3rd, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. One hundred university students will have the opportunity to participate in the event. The Innovation Camp offers an experiential learning …
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Libreville, le 24 février 2018 Le Président de la Confédération patronale gabonaise (CPG), Alain Bâ Oumar, a procédé, le 22 février 2018 à l’hôtel Radisson Blu de Libreville, au lancement de la nouvelle fondation dénommée “Fondation de la CPG pour l’entrepreneuriat”, en présence du Ministre de l’économie Régis Immongault, du Ministre de la Promotion des investissements, de …
Junior Achievement Swaziland is introducing for the first time a youth cooperative program called “In School Youth Cooperative Program” in partnership with the Swaziland Ministry of Industry, Trade and Commerce. With the lack of financial education in schools across the country, there is a need to equip students on personal finance management, savings and investments in …
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Dear Friend, One of the challenges I face when I talk to people outside of our mission space about the subject of youth in Africa is that there is not always a clear understanding of who Africa’s youth are. The media and other sources frame our assumptions about all youth, and for African youth especially, …
Whether you are an Entrepreneur or desire to be one by chance or choice, driven by impact or profit, there are a number of things that are crucial to the growth of your Business or Ideas. These nuggets, in my opinion, represent what could change the face of doing business in Africa for Young Entrepreneurs. …
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Mentorship is an ages-old concept which thrived in Africa’s traditional systems of government. From the Buganda people in the East to the Wolof in the West, succession among many Bantu tribes across Africa was systematically preceded by years of mentorship to ensure that those who were in line for succession had the skills, tools and …
JA Africa believes that its greatest resource is the vast network of alumni – young Africans who have completed training in JA’s courses. They exist by the thousands and provide the best testimonies of the impact of our work. Read Solomon Danquah’s testimonial on how JA Ghana made an impact in his life: “Since childhood, …
