{"id":3781,"date":"2019-03-12T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2019-03-12T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:53:23","slug":"ja-africa-and-tomorrow-foundation-launch-futurepreneurship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.ja-africa.org\/backend\/ja-africa-and-tomorrow-foundation-launch-futurepreneurship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"JA Africa and Tomorrow Foundation Launch \u201cFuturepreneurship\u201d Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 12, 2019 <\/strong>– JA Africa and the Tomorrow Foundation<\/a> announce their partnership to deliver a multi-year program that builds entrepreneurial skills among young African students. The program, named \u201cFuturepreneurship\u201d program, builds on the JA Company Program curriculum and aims to expose high school students in Ghana, Gabon and Ivory Coast to entrepreneurship at a young age in order to encourage them to pursue this path as a career option in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of three years,\n1,650 young participants will gain knowledge on the world of business and how\nto use innovative thinking to solve challenging social problems. The program\nwill reach 550 students each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Africa Development\nBank, approximately 10 to 12 million young people in Africa leave institutions\nto enter the Africa workforce yet annual job creation is only 3.1 million. This\nstatistic means that each year, there are growing numbers of unemployed and underemployed\nAfrican youth. Teaching entrepreneurship is a way to stop and reverse this\ntrend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to funding\nentrepreneurship education for youth, the grant from the Tomorrow Foundation\nwill also sponsor the Innovation\/Future Tech Prize at the Africa Company of the\nYear competition over the next year. The Foundation initially sponsored the\nsame prize at the 2018 competition in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Gu, the Chairwoman of the\nTomorrow Foundation, said \u201cIt is a privilege for the Foundation to pursue our successful\npartnership with JA Africa. We are glad to join our efforts to empower African\nyouth and broaden their horizons. We strongly believe in the learning by doing\nprinciple, the resourcefulness of young African people and the need for Africa\nto have its own leaders in every field\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are honored by the grant from\nthe Tomorrow Foundation,\u201d remarked Elizabeth Bintliff, the Chief Executive Officer\nof JA Africa. \u201cThis partnership allows JA Africa to deepen our impact in the\ncountries where we currently work. We are especially thrilled to have the\nFoundation be a founding funder of our work in Cote d\u2019Ivoire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programs are expected to launch in\nthe selected countries in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Junior Achievement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JA Africa prepares Africa\u2019s youth\nfor the future of jobs through the delivery of financial literacy, work\nreadiness, and entrepreneurship training. JA Africa is a member of JA\nWorldwide, one of the largest global organizations focused on the economic empowerment\nof youth. For more information, visit: www.ja africa.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Tomorrow Foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tomorrow Foundation is a Swiss-based\norganization committed to make Africa a more economically developed,\npolitically stable and culturally confident continent. The Foundation believes\nin the power of technology, the importance of knowledge, the necessity of\ncultural confidence, and the significance of transparency and collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 12, 2019 – JA Africa and the Tomorrow Foundation announce their partnership to deliver a multi-year program that builds entrepreneurial skills among young African students. The program, named \u201cFuturepreneurship\u201d program, builds on the JA Company Program curriculum and aims to expose high school students in Ghana, Gabon and Ivory Coast to entrepreneurship at a …<\/p>\n

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