JASA Alumni pitch their businesses to a panel at WeConnect On Wednesday, 20 February JASA alumni had the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a judging panel of WeConnect South Africa members and international guests. WeConnect helps women-owned businesses succeed in global value chains by linking their members to multinational corporate buyers. Hosted by […]
Category: Alumni
Is Entrepreneurship for everyone? Alumnus Lester Philander speaks out on Biz Community
JA Alumnus and businessperson Lester Philander discusses the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur. Click here for the article. […]
World Food Day: Urban farmers are producing affordable food #WFD2018
On World Food Day we ask: Can small-scale farmers make a decent living? #WFD2018 With rising food prices and a high unemployment rate, millions of South Africans go hungry each day. Simultaneously, it has become almost impossible for new farmers to make a decent living. There has been a downward trend for the past 30 […]
Applications for virtual out-of-school JA Africa Regional Company of the Year are open
Calling Youth Enterprise Development 2017 and 2018 Alumni to apply for online JA Africa Regional Company of the Year competition Are you a JASA Youth Enterprise Development Programme graduate of 2017 or 2018? Have you started a company that provides a product or service or are you developing your business idea? Can you submit your […]
JASA Alumni Kate Kekana and Ashley Dhlamini attend the first ever JA Global Youth Forum
JA Worldwide hosts first Global Youth Forum, attended by two JASA alumni For the first ever Global Youth Forum, 400 JA alumni, accompanied by JA board members, staff and chaperones, converged at the Hotel Hacienda Cocoyoc in Morelos, Mexico from July 8 to 13, for a week full of addresses by global keynote speakers, entrepreneurship […]
Congratulations to three winning pitches of JASA alumni at We Connect
Three JASA Alumni were awarded cash prizes at We Connect conference We Connect hosted a pitching competition for seven JASA Youth Enterprise Development Programme alumni at their annual conference at Ernst & Young in Sandton on 1 June. Seven women had the nerve-wracking experience of pitching their businesses to a panel of We Connect members […]
Seven JASA Alumni pitch to a panel at We Connect South Africa
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 […]
