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Port Louis, Mauritius – The 2024 JA Africa Company of the Year Competition, held from December 4 to 6 in Port Louis, Mauritius, showcased the impressive entrepreneurial skills of Africa’s youth in promoting sustainable development and reducing environmental impacts. This year’s competition, under the theme “Greenovation,” saw 36 student entrepreneurs from nine African countries—Eswatini, Ghana, […]

Smart Incubator emerged as the winner of the first Afrinnovate Youth Challenge (AYC) in Tanzania, held at the Westerwelle Startup Haus in Arusha. Organized by JA Africa and E3empower Africa, with support from Z Zurich Foundation, the event concluded the Social Equity Program, which empowered over 8,000 Tanzanian youth this year. Smart Incubator’s groundbreaking automated

Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) has celebrated its 25th anniversary dinner in Lagos.  The event gathered the organisation’s board members, corporate partners, government officials, educational stakeholders, alumni, volunteers, staff, and supporters. The dinner was a celebration of Junior Achievement Nigeria’s commitment to empowering Nigerian youth through its core pillars of entrepreneurship, financial literacy, digital literacy, and

JA Nigeria and WIMBIZ (Women in Management, Business, and Public Service) are excited to launch the BIG SISTER Program, a beacon of hope for young ladies in Senior Secondary Schools across Nigeria. This initiative offers an unparalleled opportunity to be mentored by some of the most accomplished women in various fields. The Big Sister Program

The Eswatini International Trade Fair, Eswatini’s biggest trade show, was held from August 30th to September 8th and showcased over 250 exhibitors, among them 40 young JA Eswatini alumni. These talented entrepreneurs leveraged the theme “Accelerating Business Growth Through Digital Transformation” to present their innovative products and services. The fair not only provided a platform

In a significant step to bolster their ongoing partnership, the Project Management Institute (PMI) Côte d’Ivoire Chapter and JA Côte d’Ivoire signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, July 4, 2024. This agreement marks the culmination of several years of fruitful collaboration and opens new avenues to enhance and expand their joint initiatives.

JA Africa, one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, has partnered with NxGen COACH Network(™), a global leadership development firm dedicated to empowering and coaching the next generation of global leaders, to integrate a new module on Leadership Capital into JA Africa’s transformative Social Equity Program (SEP) curriculum. This collaboration signals a shared

The Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) announces the appointment of Ugonna Achebe as the new Executive Director of JA Nigeria, effective July 1st, 2024. As JAN celebrates its 25th anniversary, Ugonna’s appointment marks a historic moment as he becomes the first alumnus to lead the organization. His return to JAN signals the

Pictured: Project Yoof, started by students of Nova Pioneer, won the 2021 JA Africa Company of the Year Competition We are thrilled to announce that two of our esteemed partner schools, Wisdom International School of Excellence (WISE) in Nigeria and Nova Pioneer in Kenya, have been nominated for T4 Education’s prestigious World’s Best School Prizes!

KAMPALA, Uganda, June 27, 2024 – Junior Achievement (JA) Africa and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have partnered to provide entrepreneurship education to 1,500 high school students in Uganda this year through the flagship JA Company Program®. It is the first time that the competition includes learning opportunities that promote environmental stewardship and resource conservation as part