Junior Achievement (JA) Africa is proud to receive the 2016 Future Partner Prize for the Pan African Awards for #Entrepreneurship in Education. The award, granted by the UK-based organization Teach a Man to Fish, whose mission is to end youth unemployment and poverty by supporting schools to set up profitable and #educational school businesses. The […]
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Globally, girls perform academically at par with boys and often even out-perform them in school. But when it comes to leadership during their careers women fall behind. This phenomenon is manifested consistently in many parts of the world, and especially in Africa where the C-suites are often devoid of female leaders. In fact, a study
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Junior Achievement Zimbabwe held a Job Shadow Program targeting female students named “Take 10 000 Girls to Work” in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe and Zvishavane. JA Zimbabwe partnered with 87 institutions to allow 2500 female students (Form 4-6) to shadow their employees for a day. Apart from serving as mentorship, role modelling, career guidance
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By Elizabeth Bintliff, CEO, JA Africa This week, Junior Achievement Africa’s program in Zimbabwe is hosting an ambitious new program called ‘Take 10,000 Girls to Work.’ It is a bold program which aims to address some of the gaps that girls face transitioning from school to the world of work, especially the preconceptions they have
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Junior Achievement Africa is proud to have Shireen Dajani join the Board of Directors. Shireen Dajani leads The Abraaj Group’s Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Partnerships. As a member of the Global Markets team, she is responsible for engaging and building the Group’s strategic stakeholder network with governments, private sector, academia, NGOs and civil society.
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JA Africa is proud to welcome Lorenzo Bell to its Board of Directors. Lorenzo A. Bell Jr. is the Manager of Diversity & Inclusiveness Procurement at EY LLP. Prior to Joining EY, Mr. Bell and the Johnson Control Global Supplier Diversity and Business Development Team was responsible for spending more than $1.5 billion dollars with diverse owned businesses.
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JA Africa is proud to have Janet Thiongo, Africa Marketing Manager, Oracle join our Board of Directors. With over 17 years of experience, Janet is a seasoned Marketing Executive, leader and strategist. She has experience in Strategy development, Modern Marketing (encompassing Digital), Public relations, consumer research, Advertising, Category Management, Branding and communication. She has extensive
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Five Things Africa’s Youth Need From You to Succeed |By Elizabeth Bintliff, CEO, JA Africa Africa is a young continent. Up to 60% of Africa’s population is aged under 24. In order for there to be continuous development on the continent in the years to come, there is a need to make sure the youth
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JA Zimbabwe Executive Director, Phil Mlambo, represented JA Africa at the Global Education & Skills Forum, an initiative of the Varkey Foundation held from 12 – 13 March in Dubai. The Forum brought together an estimated 1600 delegates; among them, 28 ministers of Education and 2 deputy presidents among several governments’ Education officials. Dr Fareed Zakaria, Anchor, CNN-GPS, was also present as a plenary
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I was a member of the team representing Kenya in the 2014 regional mini-enterprise competition, held in Gabon. The journey to Libreville began on the 31st of January 2014 with the team members being elected to the board of directors, with the mandate of steering the company forward. Over the next five months CKOSA Company
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