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JA Africa and Tomorrow Foundation Launch “Futurepreneurship” Program

March 12, 2019 – JA Africa and the Tomorrow Foundation announce their partnership to deliver a multi-year program that builds entrepreneurial skills among young African students. The program, named “Futurepreneurship” program, builds on the JA Company Program curriculum and aims to expose high school students in Ghana, Gabon and Ivory Coast to entrepreneurship at a …

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JA Africa Partners with BEBOLD to Empower Girls in Africa

March 8, 2019 – BEBOLD and JA Africa are happy to announce their new partnership to empower young girls in Africa to succeed in business and as leaders. BEBOLD has chosen JA Africa as its CSR partner in Africa as part of their mission to empower young women to be confident, bold and successful. BEBOLD …

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JA Africa and The SOL Foundation Launch Sports Entrepreneurship Program for Young Africans

February 28, 2019 – JA Africa and The SOL Foundation announce their partnership to build entrepreneurship, financial literacy and life skills among young African footballers. The project, funded by The SOL Foundation and to be implemented by JA Africa during the course of this year, targets youth in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It builds …

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JA Africa Announces Out of School Youth Competition Winners

February 20, 2019 – Junior Achievement Africa is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Out of School Youth (OOSY) Competition. The winners are: First place: Shasha Network, Zimbabwe – a student-driven online based digital learning and collaboration platform that provides Zimbabwean high school students access to advanced and ordinary level lecture notes and …

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Teaching Young Ghanaian Girls to Lead

December 18, 2018 – Junior Achievement (JA) Africa has been selected to partner with Newmont Mining Ghana on the Educational pillar of the mining company’s new National Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy called T-SSEP (Tertiary and Secondary Skills Enhancement Programme).  The two organizations are committed to youth economic empowerment in Ghana in alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

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WINNERS OF THE 2018 JA AFRICA COMPANY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

Junior Achievement Africa® Hosts 8th Annual Regional JA Company of the Year Competition Accra, Ghana – December 10th, 2018 – JA (Junior Achievement) Africa, in collaboration with JA Ghana, held its 8th Annual Company of the Year (COY) Competition for high school entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana. The last time Ghana hosted the event was in …

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Citi Foundation and JA Africa Renew Partnership to Reach African Youth

December 3 2018- The Citi Foundation and JA Africa are pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership for another year. Citi Foundation’s programs that help young people, especially low-income youth, link education goals with skills development and employment motivated this partnership renewal. The program launches in seven countries. Through the ‘Turning Youth Potential into …

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Junior Achievement Ghana Hosts 8th Annual Africa Company of the Year Competition

Accra, Ghana,November 29,2018 – JA (Junior Achievement) Ghana is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Regional Company of the Year Competition 2018, in collaboration with JA Africa. The event will take place from 5-7 December 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The theme for this year’s event is “Tech the Future by Storm” and the …

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JA Ghana Organizes National Company of the Year Competition

On October 6th, JA Ghana will host their National Company of the Year (NCOY) Competition at Alpha Beta High School from 8am to 2pm. The NCOY is the premier pitch competition for young high school-aged entrepreneurs, bringing together students from three high schools in Accra: Labone Senior High School, Accra Academy and Alpha Beta Christian …

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JA Zambia and Prudential Life Assurance Zambia Receive Governor’s Awards

Junior Achievement (JA) Zambia and Prudential Life Assurance Zambia were jointly recognized under the Exceptional Education Program category at the 2018 Financial Literacy Awards at the Governors Awards held at Radisson Blu on July 18, 2018. The Zambian Governor, Dr. Denny Kalyalya, and other distinguished members of society were in attendance. The Exceptional Educational Program …

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