Accra, Ghana – JA Africa announces the winners of the 11th Company of the Year Competition which was hosted virtually by JA Mauritius from February 24 to 26, 2022. The competition, supported by FedEx, Citi Foundation, PMI Educational Foundation and Tomorrow Foundation saw 36 high school-aged entrepreneurs from nine African countries pitch their businesses to …
February 21, 2022, Accra – JA Africa’s Company of the Year Competition (COY) returns for the 11th edition from February 24 – 26, 2022, bringing together Africa’s most impressive high school entrepreneurs for this contest of business skills, ingenuity, and innovation. COY 2021 will be hosted virtually by JA Mauritius under the theme ‘Innovating with …
JA Africa’s CEO, Simi Nwogugu, has been awarded the Bert King Award for Service at the African American Student Union’s (AASU) 49th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference at Harvard Business School which was hosted from February 18-19, 2022, with the theme “Rise Up: Bolstering Momentum Around Black Excellence.” The Bert King award is presented annually to recognize …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 January 2022: INJAZ Al-Arab, a member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, the world’s largest non-profit business education organization, has announced the strengthening of its partnership with Boeing to include JA Africa. The partnership expansion, which falls under the Entrepreneurship & Work-readiness pillars, will empower over 5,000 youth in Africa, expanding …
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GE and Junior Achievement Ivory Coast hosted a “Girls in STEM” event for 100 secondary school girls to build foundational science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge. The program was organized as part of GE Gas Power’s commitment to inclusion and diversity, to inspire the next generation of women engineers and innovators. The aim of the …
Johannesburg, South Africa: 9 December 2021 – To support the growth and development of women entrepreneurs and curb the high unemployment rate in South Africa, Mastercard funded two entrepreneurial development programmes in 2021 that have seen more than 180 young women gain entrepreneurial skills to start or grow their own businesses. Facilitated by non-profit organisation Junior …
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JA Uganda has announced the appointment of Rachael Mwagale as the new Executive Director of the organization. An experienced business leader, Ms. Mwagale succeeds Mr. Geofrey Wakhakunyu and assumed responsibilities effective November 2021. Mr. Wakhakunyu has taken on a new role as Programs Director. Rachael is a seasoned social entrepreneur, an experienced business strategist and …
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Lagos, Nigeria, October 27, 2021 – Junior Achievement (JA) Africa and The Richer TM Media Limited (The Richer TM Media) today signed a partnership to produce The Junior Billionaires Club TM (JBC), an animated TV series designed to teach children across Africa about financial literacy and wealth principles. The animated series is developed jointly based …
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A new collaboration between EIT Food and JA Europe is building young people’s entrepreneurial skills to transform the future of food. The Foodathon, which will coincide with UN World Food Day 2021, will bring together more than 100 students from secondary schools in Africa and Europe to come up with solutions to a range of …
Afric’innov Association, a Dakar-based firm which supports Innovative Entrepreneurship Support organizations in French-speaking Africa, has awarded JA Gabon the AFRIC’INNOV Badge. The award recognizes JA Gabon’s work in training and capacity building of local entrepreneurs. JA Gabon joins the 2021 winners: Energy Generation (Togo), IMPACT Lab (Morocco), La Startup Factory (Morocco), La Fabrique (Burkina Faso), …
