February 20, 2019 – Junior Achievement Africa is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 Out of School Youth (OOSY) Competition. The winners are: First place: Shasha Network, Zimbabwe – a student-driven online based digital learning and collaboration platform that provides Zimbabwean high school students access to advanced and ordinary level lecture notes and …
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Accra, Ghana,November 29,2018 – JA (Junior Achievement) Ghana is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Regional Company of the Year Competition 2018, in collaboration with JA Africa. The event will take place from 5-7 December 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The theme for this year’s event is “Tech the Future by Storm” and the …
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Whether you are an Entrepreneur or desire to be one by chance or choice, driven by impact or profit, there are a number of things that are crucial to the growth of your Business or Ideas. These nuggets, in my opinion, represent what could change the face of doing business in Africa for Young Entrepreneurs. …
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Junior Achievement South Africa Hosts 7th Annual Africa Company of the Year Competition Johannesburg, South Africa JA (Junior Achievement) South Africa is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Regional Company of the Year Competition 2017, in collaboration with JA Africa. The event will take place from 6-8 December 2017 in Johannesburg, …
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Thabo Qoako (27) was born in Senekal in the Free State and travelled to Johannesburg in 1999 where he completed primary and secondary school. Through his good academic track record, Thabo had been elected to join a JA South Africa programme in 2006. All the learnings and skills from the programme set a solid foundation …
Libreville, 27 July 2017 – JA Gabon has been tasked with the mandate to assist the Ministry of Small and Medium Scaled Enterprises (SMEs), in charge of national entrepreneurship, in the creation of incubators in the different sectors of the economic recovery plan. In order to increase the employability of young people, the Minister …
Dear Friend, By far the most exciting part of my job here at Junior Achievement Africa is when I get to spend time with our students. I enjoy their energy, I love to listen to their dreams and their ideas, I like to coach and mentor them to overcome their fears and to begin to …
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JA Swaziland Alumni and young entrepreneurs Sandile Dlamini and Sethule Maziya have joined about 2500 delegates at the 2017 Youth Connekt Africa Summit. Hosted by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and organized in collaboration with UNDP and UNCTAD, the Summit will be held from 19 – 21 July 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda. The summit will facilitate …
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Young visionary Stephen Arinitwe knows all too well the struggles children in Uganda face on a daily basis. However, rather than feel self-pity, Arinitwe decided to start his own business with the main purpose of giving the children of his homeland both hope and purpose. “I was not inspired to start with something good. What …
