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JA Africa Skills Up Africa’s Youth for ICT Jobs With Support From Google.org

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JA Africa with support from Google.Org is providing young Africans the opportunity to gain in-demand ICT skills to prepare them for the job market. With grant funding of $400,000 from Google.org, JA Africa will provide scholarships, instructional support, and wraparound support for 1,500 vulnerable and marginalized minority youths between ages 18-35 across Kenya, Nigeria and …

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JA Uganda Hosts Inaugural Swiss Re Start-Up Academy

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JA Uganda will commence its programs for the year by hosting its first ever Start-Up Academy. The Start-Up Academy, a collaboration between JA Africa and Aiducation International with funding from the Swiss Re Foundation, is an entrepreneurship education camp that is fostering the creation of a new generation of African entrepreneurs. The program engages brilliant …

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Building Skills for the Present and Future of Africa

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By 2030, the largest workforce in the world will be African. This generation is arguably the last to have been nursed into the idea of an education system delivering a job. Indeed, the fast-changing global workforce nudges both public and private actors to re-evaluate workforce readiness. At the moment, and in the future, uncertainty spurs …

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JA Nigeria and TechQuest Partner on Hackathon

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JA Nigeria (JAN) in partnership with TechQuest Nigeria set out to organize four hackathons for young developers to identify young tech talent to join the JAN team in building digital solutions for scaling impact. The nationwide hackathons took place in Ife, Kaduna, Nsukka, and Uyo, with Ife kicking off in May and Kaduna, Nsukka and …

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JA South Africa and Delta Air Lines Deliver Entrepreneurship Education Program

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In line with Delta Air Lines’ support of Junior Achievement’s work in a number of markets around the globe, Delta strengthened its commitment to education by expanding its partnership to Junior Achievement Africa. JA (Junior Achievement) Africa has received a grant from Delta Air lines to support its youth economic empowerment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. …

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JA Uganda Alumnus Alex Kalanda Recounts His JA Experience

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The JA program was introduced to our high school in February 2010. Together with 10 other classmates, we formed our company in April 2010 and by mid-October that year, we had won the JA National Company of the year, Best Green Strategy and business plan including a trip to represent Uganda in Accra, Ghana the …

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JA Tanzania and Coca-Cola Kwanza Organize Job Shadow for 30 students

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JA programs such as JA Job shadow help students assess their personal skills, interests, and values; understand the economic benefits of education; explore career options; learn job-hunting skills; and practice personal and business financial management. On 1st June, 2018, JA Tanzania took 30 students from five high schools in Dar es Salaam for a Job …

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How Mentorship Grows Youth to Discover their Potential

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Mentorship is a big part of JA’s work; the idea that someone with more experience would take a young person by the hand and guide them as they navigate life and career. It is something I am very passionate about and believe other professionals should invest time in. Let me tell you about my experience …

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How Junior Achievement Ignited my Entrepreneurial Potential

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The same way I struggled to correctly spell and pronounce the word ‘entrepreneurship’, I grappled with what it really meant. I was introduced to this word by the CEO of Junior Achievement (JA) Uganda, Josephine Kaleebi, in 2013. I was in Uganda for pursuing my bachelor’s degree in medicine at the University of Groningen, in …

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JA Africa Skills Up Africa’s Youth for ICT Jobs With Support From Google.org

JA Uganda Hosts Inaugural Swiss Re Start-Up Academy

Building Skills for the Present and Future of Africa

JA Nigeria and TechQuest Partner on Hackathon

JA South Africa and Delta Air Lines Deliver Entrepreneurship Education Program

JA Uganda Alumnus Alex Kalanda Recounts His JA Experience

JA Tanzania and Coca-Cola Kwanza Organize Job Shadow for 30 students

How Mentorship Grows Youth to Discover their Potential

How Junior Achievement Ignited my Entrepreneurial Potential

Meet JA Gabon Alumnus and Young Entrepreneur – Willy Moreau, Founder, Ana & Will

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