May 2018 – JA South Africa

Seven JASA Alumni pitch to a panel at We Connect South Africa

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Deidre May

JASA Alumni pitch their businesses to a panel of women at We Connect On May 30, seven JASA alumni had the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a judging panel of We Connect South Africa members, at their conference hosted at EY in Sandton. On June 1st the three entrepreneurs with the most promising […]

May programme updates

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Deidre May

Here are some highlights from the month of May Learners at Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School, who are participating in an Enterprise Programme supported by General Electric’s Londvolota Trust, have been working on creating tile cleaner, shoe polish and permanent marker cleaner as products for their team businesses. Toyota visited KwaBhekiLanga Secondary School in Alexandra […]

Digital Enterprise Programme students visit the GE Innovation Centre

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Deidre May

General Electric’s Londvolota Trust sponsors two Digital Enterprise Programmes, including a site visit to the GE Innovation Centre Students at Ponelopele and Sandtonview high schools in Johannesburg, who are participating in General Electric (GE) sponsored Digital Enterprise Programmes, were fortunate to visit the GE Innovation Centre in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Organised by Celiwe Zondo of GE, […]

Design-thinking as an approach to shaping innovation

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Deidre May

JASA programmes incorporate a design-thinking approach to innovation In JASA programmes, the facilitators introduce learners to design thinking, a step-by-step approach to coming up with innovative solutions to problems. Students are encouraged to look around their environments and identify problems they want to tackle. Then the students work on innovations that will provide solutions, in […]

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