JA Africa and Facebook are proud to launch the Out of School Youth Awards for the 2019 Company of the Year Competition. The JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) competition is JA Africa’s flagship event to celebrate the entrepreneurial achievements of young people from across Africa, who have completed JA’s entrepreneurship education programs. Through …
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Junior Achievement Nigeria celebrated 20 years of existence on 4th October with a celebration that included a Youth Leadership Conference, an awards luncheon, and a fundraising dinner at the Landmark Centre in Victoria Islands, Lagos. The theme for the celebration was “20 Years of Impact, Partnering for Growth”. The theme emphasized the need for partnerships that …
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Junior Achievement (JA) Zimbabwe celebrated 20 years of inspiring young Zimbabweans for economic success on 4th October 2019. The event was held at Holiday Inn in Harare under the theme “Success, Inspiration and Enterprise Education”. Attending the event were government officials, members of JA Zimbabwe’s board of directors, sponsors, partners, current and past employees, alumni …
JA Africa is honored to be a 2019 recipient of the UN King Hamad Prize for Youth Enablers in Achievement of the SDGs. This Global award comes as an expression of the firm faith His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain has in young people’s potential to lead their countries and …
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Education is arguably the single most sustainable investment for every individual. The return on investment from education is unparalleled. As said by Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon of which you can use to change the world.” Our memories of our own education are often memories of our teachers, not only the methods …
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JA Africa and Facebook announce the 2019 Out Of School Youth (OOSY) Company of the Year Competition, sponsored by Facebook. This competition selects the winner of the OOSY category award at the 2019 JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) competition. The COY is JA Africa’s flagship event that celebrates the entrepreneurial achievements of young …
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People with hearing impairments are often underrepresented in the distribution of opportunities and socially marginalized in the African professional space. This is in part due to inadequate education about their rights to equal opportunities, access and exposure to the various opportunities that exist. Incorporating experiential training with classroom lessons gives this often marginalized population a …
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“This is one of the most memorable JA events I’ve ever had the pleasure of participating in,” said JA’s CEO, Elizabeth Bintliff. She was talking about the 9th annual “First Lady for a Day” program which took place at the State House of the Republic of Zambia on 13th August 2019. The program was attended …
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JA Tanzania organized a GREENT Green Entrepreneurs Program for Tanzanian teachers, in partnership with JA Bulgaria. GREENT is an innovative, collaboratively-created set of tools that inspires and supports teachers to deliver lessons on the topic of green entrepreneurship to their students in an interactive and practical way. The program fosters the creation of young green …
This month, JA Ghana organized a Leadership Camp for girls in partnership with Newmont Goldcorp Ghana. The camp, called New Futures for Girls, took place at Newmont’s mine site in Akyem, in the Eastern region of Ghana. The camp was attended by 30 girls from five Senior High schools across Ghana, namely Mfantsiman Girls Senior …
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