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Citi Foundation and Junior Achievement Africa renew partnership to reach African Youth

Leave a Comment / Financial Literacy and Education, Job Shadow, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

November 24th 2017 – Junior Achievement Africa (JA) and the Citi Foundation’s renewed partnership aims to empower over 4,300 young people across eight African countries with a new $450,000 grant. Part of the Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative ,the renewed partnership will help low-income youth to link education goals with leadership and entrepreneurship skills training …

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Meet the Teams Competing at #AfricaCOY17

Leave a Comment / Financial Literacy and Education, JA Alumni, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

JA (Junior Achievement) South Africa 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, South Africa. The Company of the Year (COY) competition is an annual event and the culmination of JA’s highly- acclaimed Company Program which delivers …

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JA Africa Welcomes Five New Members to its Board of Directors

Leave a Comment / Board of Directors, Financial Literacy and Education, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

November 14th, 2017– The Board of Directors of JA Africa announce the appointment of five new members. The appointment of these five members expands the Board to 18 Directors. Joining the Board of Trustees are Ebele Okobi, Christi Maherry, Moky Makura, Abdu Mukhtar and Vusi Fele. “As JA Africa focuses on working at scale and …

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JA Ghana Launches the JA Company Program

Leave a Comment / Financial Literacy and Education, JA Alumni, Job Shadow, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

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 …

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Junior Achievement South Africa Hosts 7th Annual Africa Company of the Year Competition

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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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Oliver Wyman Leads JA Africa Strategy Development

Leave a Comment / Financial Literacy and Education, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

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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JA Africa welcomes Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi to its Board of Directors

Leave a Comment / Board of Directors, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

JA Africa is excited to welcome Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi to its Board of Directors. Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi is the CEO of Tigo Senegal, and has had vast experience in the Telecommunications industry having worked with mobile operators such as MTN and Airtel, prior to her joining the Millicom Group in 2016. Interested in the diversity of cultures, …

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JA Africa welcomes Amini Kajunju to its Board of Directors

Leave a Comment / Board of Directors, Press Release / By Senanu Adiku

JA Africa is excited to welcome Amini Kajunju to its Board of Directors. Amini Kajunju is currently the director of Strategic Partnerships at Africa Integras, she works with African universities to help them enhance and expand their network of partnerships with academic, financial, private, non-profit and governmental organizations. Amini was named one of 20 Young …

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JA Gabon & Ministry of Small & Medium Scaled Enterprises take measures to boost Gabonese Economy

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Libreville, 27 July 2017 – JA Gabon has been tasked with the mandate to assist the Ministry of Small and Medium Scaled Enterprises (SMEs), in charge of national entrepreneurship, in the creation of incubators in the different sectors of the economic recovery plan. In order to increase the employability of young people, the Minister …

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Applications OPEN for the African Leadership Academy Class of 2018

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African Leadership Academy has now commenced the application season for the ALA Class of 2018 (Our two-year Diploma Program). As you might already know, we are a pan-African leadership development institution, working with several top institutions and organizations across the continent to identify, develop and connect the next generation of African leaders. Over the past ten years, …

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