{"id":8144,"date":"2024-01-11T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/?page_id=8144"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:57:09","slug":"ayc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/ayc\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8144\" class=\"elementor elementor-8144\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-152496bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"152496bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f172a08\" data-id=\"7f172a08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ad64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43ad64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-1024x663.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8203\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Mot-scaled-e1727127174907-2048x1326.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24f264dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24f264dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24410d6e\" data-id=\"24410d6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565a5725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"565a5725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AfrInnovate Youth Challenge (AYC) is the annual culmination of the JA-ZZF Social Equity Program (SEP), a transformative initiative seeking to provide financial independence and equal economic participation opportunities to young Africans, empowering them to be catalysts for change. AYC celebrates the remarkable strides being made by these young Africans as they transform into budding social entrepreneurs who are pioneering tomorrow\u2019s solutions today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Inaugural edition will be held online on Thursday, January 16, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43e5720d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43e5720d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76c2a124\" data-id=\"76c2a124\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ac9fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ac9fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>Countdown to #AYC<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-549d49ef\" data-id=\"549d49ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3222524c bdt-countdown--align-right bdt-countdown--label-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-countdown\" data-id=\"3222524c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-countdown.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"bdt-countdown-wrapper bdt-countdown-skin-default\" data-settings=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;#bdt-countdown-3222524c&quot;,&quot;msgId&quot;:&quot;#bdt-countdown-msg-3222524c&quot;,&quot;adminAjaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.ja-africa.org\\\/backend\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php&quot;,&quot;endActionType&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;redirectUrl&quot;:&quot;javascript:void(0);&quot;,&quot;redirectDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;finalTime&quot;:&quot;2025-01-16T13:00:00+00:00&quot;,&quot;wpCurrentTime&quot;:1775313300,&quot;endTime&quot;:1737032400,&quot;loopHours&quot;:false,&quot;isLogged&quot;:false,&quot;couponTrickyId&quot;:&quot;bdt-sf-3222524c&quot;,&quot;triggerId&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"bdt-countdown-3222524c-timer\" class=\"bdt-grid bdt-grid-small bdt-child-width-1-2 bdt-child-width-1-2@s bdt-child-width-1-4@m\" data-bdt-countdown=\"date: 2025-01-16T13:00:00+00:00\" data-bdt-grid=\"\" style=\"x\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-countdown-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item bdt-days-wrapper\"><span class=\"bdt-countdown-number bdt-countdown-days bdt-text-right\"><\/span> <span class=\"bdt-countdown-label bdt-text-right\">Days<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item bdt-hours-wrapper\"><span class=\"bdt-countdown-number bdt-countdown-hours bdt-text-right\"><\/span> <span class=\"bdt-countdown-label bdt-text-right\">Hours<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item bdt-minutes-wrapper\"><span class=\"bdt-countdown-number bdt-countdown-minutes bdt-text-right\"><\/span> <span class=\"bdt-countdown-label bdt-text-right\">Minutes<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"bdt-countdown-item bdt-seconds-wrapper\"><span class=\"bdt-countdown-number bdt-countdown-seconds bdt-text-right\"><\/span> <span class=\"bdt-countdown-label bdt-text-right\">Seconds<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24a83043 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24a83043\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63787267\" data-id=\"63787267\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485c1f7a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"485c1f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addevent.com\/event\/IK19658373\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-hand-point-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Add this Events to Your Calendar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2eea211\" data-id=\"2eea211\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ef531b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"76ef531b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/fund-a-budding-entrepreneur\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-hand-point-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52549f74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52549f74\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-663dd5\" data-id=\"663dd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f2ca6ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f2ca6ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Judges<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79663e87 bdt-item-match-height--yes bdt-navigation-type-arrows bdt-carousel-style-carousel elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-static-carousel\" data-id=\"79663e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-static-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div id=\"bdt-static-carousel-79663e87\" class=\"bdt-arrows-align-center bdt-static-carousel\" data-settings=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:20,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;breakpoints&quot;:{&quot;767&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:2,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:20,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1},&quot;1023&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:4,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:20,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:5}},&quot;navigation&quot;:{&quot;nextEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-79663e87 .bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-79663e87 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size-large\" alt=\"Nvalaye Kourouma - Group Head, Chief Digital Officer, Ecobank Transnational Inc.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Nvalaye-Kourouma-Ecobank.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Nvalaye-Kourouma-Ecobank-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Nvalaye-Kourouma-Ecobank-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                            <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-title ep-title-\">\n                Nvalaye Kourouma - Group Head, Chief Digital Officer, Ecobank Transnational Inc.                            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                    Read More                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Adaora.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Adaora Odukwe, Senior Manager, Oncology &amp; Tele-education, mDoc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Adaora.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Adaora-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Adaora-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Adaora-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                            <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-title ep-title-\">\n                Adaora Odukwe, Senior Manager, Oncology &amp; Tele-education, mDoc                            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                    Read More                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex 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       class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-title ep-title-\">\n                Jocelyne Muhutu-R\u00e9my -  Managing Director, Sub Saharan Africa, Spotify                            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                    Read More                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gary-shaughnessy-z-zurich-foundation.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Gary Shaughnessy - Chair, Z Zurich Foundation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gary-shaughnessy-z-zurich-foundation.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gary-shaughnessy-z-zurich-foundation-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                            <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-title ep-title-\">\n                Gary Shaughnessy - Chair, Z Zurich Foundation                            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                    Read More                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tim-Swain-PMIEF.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Tim Swain - Grants Specialist, PMIEF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tim-Swain-PMIEF.jpeg 800w, 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