{"id":1747,"date":"2015-12-09T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2015-12-09T15:09:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:09:34","slug":"ja-africa-annual-competition-crowns-winners-in-gabon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/ja-africa-annual-competition-crowns-winners-in-gabon\/","title":{"rendered":"JA Africa Annual Competition crowns winners in Gabon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Econo-Vative Productions,\u00a0The Dynamites and Best Start Win\u00a0Big!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Due to the Ebola crisis in 2014, \u00a0we were unable to hold the 2014 Regional competition last year.\u00a0Therefore we did\u00a0things a little differently this year, and hosted\u00a0for the first time ever, concurrent competitions (2014 & 2015)! The winning student teams for 2014 and 2015 from the national-level COY competitions all\u00a0came together to compete. We\u00a0also had\u00a0the inaugural competition for our out of school youth program Immersion Training Strategy: Targeting Young Marginalized Entrepreneurs (ITS TYME).<\/span><\/p>\n

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On December 4th 2015, Junior Achievement crowned \u201cEcono-Vative Productions\u201d \u2014 a team of young entrepreneurs from Swaziland\u00a0and ‘The Dynamites” from Nigeria\u2014 the winners of the 2014 & 2015\u00a0Africa Region JA Company of the Year Competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Econo-Vative Productions” is a\u00a0company that produces dog food pellets made out of leftover meal scraps and a thermo bag made from Styrofoam that can be used to cook and keep food warm while “The Dynamites”\u00a0produce purses, shopping bags and school bags made of twine.<\/span><\/p>\n

BEST START from Kenya took home the ITS TYME Grand Prize. The company delivers clean, nutritious and delicious meals to low-income workers at affordable prices and with excellent customer service.\u00a0<\/span>
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The other winners are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n