JA Africa is excited to welcome Bunmi Banjo to the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Africa. Bunmi is the Head of Brand, Reputation and Digital Skills at Google Africa. Her passion for digital education for youth intersects with JA Africa’s strategy to improve digital literacy among Africa’s youth as a pathway to improve work […]
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Q: What inspired you to get involved with youth? What inspired me was my own personal experience as a youth trying to find meaning in a very tough environment. It is the reason why I decided to find a mentor to help me organize my life and achieve my goals. I was mentored for two
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I got involved in the JA program through my school in South Africa. I was in grade 11 at the time. During the course of the program I had many moments that I cherished and imprinted on my heart. My first highlight was being the GM/CEO of the company, CORE VORTEX. It was quite the
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Raelyn Christopher Tunks, a 28 year-young graduate who studied Business Administration in 2014 is a beneficiary of Junior Achievement Zimbabwe (JAZ) and the Zimbabwe Works project in Bulawayo. After spending 2 years looking for work with no success, the internship program was a stepping stone to his career. “As a graduate I was not ready
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When I was in high school the JA program got launched in Nairobi and our school was fortunate to get involved in the program. It was always an exciting time every Friday between 3 – 4 pm. The sessions always seemed to end too quickly. The highlights of my JA experience were meeting new JA
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JA: Why did you join the board of JA Africa and why do you think JA is important? JC: I was working for Rio Tinto as Vice President, Communications and External Affairs Africa based in Johannesburg when JA Worldwide (JAWW) contacted Rio Tinto HQ in London and asked if they could have a representative on the Africa Board. I was asked if I
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JA Africa is pleased to participate in UNLEASH, which is bringing together 1,000 students, academics, business people and other thought leaders to tackle some of the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals. JA students and alumni will participate in the event, which will be held in Denmark in August 2017. The objectives of the UNLEASH
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I got involved with Junior Achievement Nigeria in secondary school. Our seniors participated in the JA Company Program and we saw how they lit up the school with their entrepreneurial activities. It was finally our turn to showcase what was in us. But there was a little problem; we were about 80 students in our
Ugonna Achebe – JA Nigeria Alumnus recounts his JA experience Read More »
When she graduated from university with a BSc in Chemical Engineering, 31 year-old Rudo Mazhandu faced the reality of unemployment in Zimbabwe’s challenging job market. She tried to get work in the public sector as a secondary school teacher; but the pay was low and her skills were being underutilized. She left the job in
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Official Launch of Junior Achievement Ghana Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana, a member of JA Worldwide, one of the largest organizations in the world dedicated to youth entrepreneurship is happy to announce its official re-launch in Ghana after a 2-year period of dormancy. JA Ghana will be re-introducing its programs that focus on financial literacy, work
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