In a recent poll conducted by Junior Achievement South Africa, we found that 89 % of respondents felt that the South African education system does not adequately equip South African youth with the necessary skills to start a business. – Nelo Spies, Executive Director of Junior Achievement South Africa […]
. The program, facilitated in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Trust (EDT), powered by Ninety-One, aims to equip young people with the necessary tools and knowledge to establish their enterprises, thereby contributing to the economic growth and prosperity of South Africa, by learning entrepreneurship early on.
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For more than nine years in South Africa and 30 years with Junior Achievement (JA), Citi and the Citi Foundation have partnered with JA to ensure pathways to opportunity and upward mobility for young people around the world. […]
Friday, 9 February 2024. Johannesburg, Gauteng; Junior Achievement South Africa, in partnership with Delta Air Lines is excited to stimulate entrepreneurial thinking amongst South African youth. The JA Delta Lead one day Innovation Bootcamp hosted today at the Regent Business School saw ten teams of 100 learners across five schools in Gauteng, solve real-life case […]
Junior Achievement South Africa is proud to announce the appointment of Nelo Spies as the new Executive Director. After an intensive recruitment drive, Nelo takes the reins to lead one of South Africa’s leading Youth Development organisations, geared to inspiring youth through work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
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Junior Achievement South Africa Company of the Year Competition, is proud to announce our national winners, Unwind in third place in the regional company of the Year competition. The regional COY held from 6-8 December 2023, in Rwanda, Kigali, saw learners representing sixteen teams across sixteen countries showcase their entrepreneurial skills in the 2023 Breaking Barriers, themed regional competition. […]
The ‘bounce back’ is positive, often leading to the establishment or reinforcement of our inner strengths. The report looks at three elements, in line with our 2022 theme, Resilience, focusing on Positive relationships, Self-Awareness and Purpose.” […]
Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, in partnership with Google’s charitable arm, Google.org, and Z Zurich Foundation, have launched JA Career Connect – a new cloud-based platform designed to connect young African talent with employment opportunities across the globe. […]
Junior Achievement South Africa Company of the Year Competition, is proud to announce the 2023 winning team, UnWind. The winning team hail from Fairmount High School, Grassy Park in the Western Cape . […]
Junior Achievement South Africa is proud to announce Y Radio as our official media partner for the 2023 Company of the Year competition. The COY competition creates a platform for our youth to interact in a competitive but safe environment, whilst fostering public speaking, team building and problem-solving skills and collaboratively come up with business ideas that could move our economy forward. […]
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