Across Africa during Global Money Week (12th-15th March 2018), students in countries where JA Africa works built their financial literacy skills by visiting some of the pillar institutions of the economy. Students visited the stock exchanges of Tanzania, and the Central Bank of Kenya to name a few. In order to have true financial inclusion …
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For Immediate Release 13th March, 2018 – JA Senegal partnered with Delta Air Lines to run an Innovation Camp, which was held at Place du Souvenir Africain on March 3rd, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal with 88 university students from six schools. The students were selected from British Business College, Centre de Formation Professionel et Technique, …
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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: …
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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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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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, …
Dear Friend, What a wonderful year it’s been for us! The end of the year is always a time for reflection and at JA Africa we are looking back on the past year to take stock of what we’ve accomplished and the impact we’ve delivered. This year we worked with 199,607 young people in 1,669 …
Johannesburg, South Africa – December 11th, 2017: JA Africa and its sponsors celebrated youth entrepreneurship at the 7th annual Regional Company of the Year Competition awards, held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 December 2017. At the end of the three-day competition Recycling Industry, a company from Gabon that produces environmentally friendly household products won the coveted title. …
Youth entrepreneurship celebrated with student representatives from 11 countries across Africa Johannesburg, South Africa – December 11th, 2017: JA Africa and its sponsors celebrated youth entrepreneurship at the 7th annual Regional Company of the Year Competition awards, held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 December 2017. At the end of the three-day competition Recycling Industry, …
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