Leadership

JA Africa Announces Out of School Youth Competition Winners

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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Junior Achievement Ghana Hosts 8th Annual Africa Company of the Year Competition

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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How Leadership Programs Prepare Girls for Futures in the Workplace

Globally, girls perform academically at par with boys and often even out-perform them in school. But when it comes to leadership during their careers women fall behind. This phenomenon is manifested consistently in many parts of the world, and especially in Africa where the C-suites are often devoid of female leaders. In fact, a study …

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JA & GE Build Student Capabilities in Engineering!

JA in partnership with General Electric (GE) Africa , embarked on a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Challenge with a focus on Engineering and its application, on Friday, January 22, 2016.  The community service event brought together 120 students from the Unity Cluster of Schools in Accra, to be mentored by senior executives of GE and staff …

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