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[Accra, Ghana], August 2, 2022 — Fast Company today announced its fourth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels. JA Worldwide enters the top-100 list for the first time, earning the #1 spot for nonprofits. Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the […]

JA Mauritius has expanded the JA ITS TYME Program to support women entrepreneurs on the Rodrigues Island with support from Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Eighty women entrepreneurs have signed up for the program which will build their capacity to become micro-entrepreneurs, while teaching them the important steps in managing their businesses and finances.

JA Zimbabwe has launched The Green Opportunities through Building Entrepreneurship for Young Offenders’ Needs and Development (GO-BEYOND) project which seeks to rehabilitate juvenile offenders that are about to be released from prison through green enterprise development. The Project is supported by JA LABS, a collaborative learning program designed by JA worldwide to elevate innovations to

Junior Achievement Kenya with support from Citibank Kenya presented the Awards won by Project Yoof, students from Nova Pioneer Tatu Girls in Kenya who won JA Africa’s 2021 Company of the Year Competition which was held earlier this year. The competition, supported by FedEx, Citi Foundation, PMI Educational Foundation, and Tomorrow Foundation saw 36 high

JA Uganda has kicked off the 2022 Cha-Ching financial literacy program with Trainer of Trainers sessions for teachers from 30 primary schools in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono. The trained teachers will deliver the program with support from volunteers from Prudential Uganda through Prudence Foundation. The program aims to reach 3,500 school pupils between the ages

On June 28, JA South Africa held a virtual town hall meeting under the theme, “Emerging Leaders” to foster network growth and connect JA South Africa alumni to the global JA Alumni community. The emerging leader theme speaks to alumni who have gone through JA Programs and are changing the course of their destinies, be it in the corporate

MTN Eswatini continues to advance its digital footprint and adherence to the demands of the fourth industrial revolution by investing towards e-commerce. MTN Eswatini has signed a tripartite Memorandium of Understanding (MoU) with Junior Achievement (JA) Eswatini and Enactus Eswatini to train and develop young people’s digital skills and e-commerce knowledge. The entities launched the Doer’s

Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, a member of JA Worldwide, a global youth development organization operating in over 120 countries to equip youth with the skillset and mindset for economic success, is expanding its footprint on the African continent as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce youth unemployment and harness youth potential for economic development.

Eveline High School, a JA partner school in Zimbabwe since 2017, has been named in the Top 10 shortlisted schools for the $250,000 World’s Best School Prize for Innovation. The World’s Best School Prizes, founded by T4 Education in partnership with Accenture, American Express, Yayasan Hasanah, Templeton World Charity Foundation, and the Lemann Foundation, celebrate schools

Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2022: Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, Africa’s largest non-profit business organisation, has partnered with Boeing to launch the ‘Our Future – Tomorrow Innovators’ program, in collaboration with INJAZ Al-Arab. The partnership marks the expansion of JA’s ongoing partnership with Boeing. Every year, approximately 7 to 10 million young people in across the