Lagos, 1st December, 2022: The JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) Competition, Africa’s largest high school entrepreneurship competition returns for the 12th year in a row and first in-person meeting post-COVID, after two successful virtual competitions. Lagos, Nigeria will take center stage for this competition from 7th to 9th December under the theme, “Fueling […]
JA Eswatini has been awarded the Dig Tech Innovative Experience Award for the JA Eswatini/Eswatini Bank Card at the Eswatini Customer Service Excellence Awards. This annual event, facilitated by IRDM University College, a channel partner of (CICM) recognizes, promotes and rewards excellence, professionalism, and outstanding performances in all sectors of the economy and the emphasis
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Inclusive education is a necessity. According to UNICEF, an estimated 90% of children living with disabilities in developing countries are out of school. The World Health Organisation (WHO) report shows that an estimated 25 million disabled persons in Nigeria live with at least one form of disability. With the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 that
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ACCRA, 18 October 2022 – Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education among young people across the continent. Junior Achievement is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs delivering hands-on, immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship, sustainability,
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Abidjan, 17th October, 22: JA Africa, one of the largest and most-impactful youth-serving NGOs in Africa, has partnered with The Coca-Cola Foundation and Tomorrow Foundation to launch programs that will focus on equipping youth in Francophone Africa with the requisite digital literacy, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness skills to thrive in the new digital
Bringing Financial Literacy to Every African Household Accra, October 6, 2022 – Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential Plc, has partnered with JA Africa, one of the largest and most-impactful youth-serving NGOs in Africa, to launch the Cha-Ching Money Show with Adanna and Emeka, a TV series which aims to instill sound financial
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JA Africa’s Peace Through Prosperity webinar engaged partners and industry experts in a thought leadership conversations about how JA Africa contributes to peacebuilding on the continent, partners behind the organization’s impact and why investing in economic empowerment of young Africans holds the key to promoting peace and sustainable development on the continent. Watch the recording
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Accra, September xx , 2022 – Global Citizen, an international advocacy organization, dedicated to achieving the end of extreme poverty, has selected JA Africa, one of the largest and most-impactful youth-serving NGOs in Africa, as one of the causes they will be supporting at the Global Citizen Festival: Accra. The event will take place at
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Mosibudi Makgato and her sister Rosemary Padi have turned the taste of their South African childhood into a thriving business. Through their home-crafted ginger beer (pictured below), sold under the Yamama Gemmer brand (which translates to “mother’s ginger beer”), these two young entrepreneurs have crafted a product that balances traditional flavor with modern convenience. Like
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Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF) announced today—International Youth Day—that it will partner with JA Worldwide and JA Africa, building on relationships already established with JA Canada and Junior Achievement España (JA Spain). ZZF has made a strategic decision to venture and fund Africa, and has chosen us, Africa’s largest and most-impactful youth-serving NGO, JA Africa, as
