Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana announces the launch of Junior Achievement’s (JA) flagship program, the JA Company Program®, which took place on the 26th of October, 2017 at JA Africa’s office on Jungle Road, East Legon – Accra. The JA Company Program is an experiential program that teaches high school students (SHS 1-3) how to start …
by Josephine Kaleebi CEO, Junior Achievement Uganda There is increasing recognition of the urgent need to turn the tide for investment in youth development and effort, which is long overdue. National and international policies and actions aiming at enhancing youth livelihoods are being created with greater intention, however implementation is largely ineffective owing to …
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Junior Achievement South Africa Hosts 7th Annual Africa Company of the Year Competition Johannesburg, South Africa JA (Junior Achievement) South Africa is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Regional Company of the Year Competition 2017, in collaboration with JA Africa. The event will take place from 6-8 December 2017 in Johannesburg, …
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WE ARE KNITTING TO PRESERVE THE PLANET: In recent times, a lot of focus has been on climate change and waste management and our contribution as human beings to these phenomena. Our company ‘INNOVATORS’ gives a second life to the plastic bag while keeping the same function. For us at “INNOVATORS”, we believe that “It …
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Doreen Komujuni participated in JA Uganda’s Job shadow, Leadership camp and Company program. As part of her training, she was able to learn the basics of financial diagnosis. She also discovered other facets of her personality from interacting and working on certain projects with other participants. Volunteering on JA’s program also helped her to polish …
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After graduating with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and realising that he lacked practical skills that would help his entrepreneurial ambition, Oluwasegun Adesanya, Founder of mingcart.com an online mall for Made in Nigeria products applied and was selected for JA Nigeria’s #ViMP initiative ( Venture in Management Programme). He was one of the 50 people …
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Daniel Dotse is the Founder and CEO of Teach for Ghana, an organization that fosters high quality leadership in education and contributes to ending educational inequity. Prior to establishing Teach For Ghana, Daniel worked as a biotechnologist at a large, US-based pharmaceutical company. Before he ventured into the pharmaceutical world, Daniel studied biomedical engineering at …
CEO of Teach for Ghana speaks with JA Africa on educational reform Read More »
Media Contact: T: +233 577 680 373 maame.yankah@cms.ja-africa.org-africa.org October 2nd 2017- Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm with a large focus on banking and financial services has completed a multi-week strategy development consultancy for JA Africa. The consultancy was conducted with a team comprised of Dubai-based professionals of Oliver Wyman working closely with the JA …
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Nelly Mofokeng is the Executive Director of JA South Africa. She has been with JA since 1998 and has held multiple roles including Business Development and Financial Management. Nelly graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a BA in Tech Business Administration and has a Masters in leadership from the Unisa School of Business Leadership. …
“I Could Not Have Asked for A Better Introduction to the World of Work” Read More »
Dear Friend, I have a confession: when it comes to my work with youth I am biased towards girls. It is, of course, because I was once a girl and the attraction towards helping them find the path is strong, because I have walked that path, and what I know I am eager to share …
