Junior Achievement South Africa is excited to host the ninth annual, Company of the year 2023, themed Breaking Barriers.
A total of eight teams in grade 10 – 11 from around the country who ran their business from the learnings of JA’s Enterprise Programme for the last five months were shortlisted from a list of 30 teams. […]
Junior Achievement South Africa (JA South Africa) is thrilled to announce a partnership with Google.org aimed at equipping young South Africans with essential skills for the evolving job landscape. The collaboration entails generous sponsorship from Google.org, facilitating scholarships, instructional support, and comprehensive assistance for aspiring individuals. […]
Junior Achievement South Africa is excited to announce our partnership with the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF). The partnership in its third year will see all grade 10 – 11 learners participating in the 2023 prestigious JA Enterprise Programme, also implementing Project Management as part of the programme. This year the programme is set […]
According to UNICEF, 73 % of young people needed mental health support in South Africa in 2022, whilst 38 actively sought help. The rise of mental health awareness is imperative for a generation feeling overwhelmed with societal pressures. The recent #LetsTalk webinar in partnership with the Z Zurich Foundation helped raise awareness around mental health and ensure that our young people have an informed understanding of mental wellbeing, illnesses and health. […]
This partnerships aims to inspire over 8000 youth from low socio economic backgrounds between the age of 14 – 19 with digital literacy skills and preparing them to succeed in the 21st century workplaces through the IBM Skills Build Programme. This is an online learning programme entailing a number of different courses, which focuses on […]
Over the last twelve months we have seen over 800 learners take part in various JA programmes. […]
According to JA’s Impact measurement report, over 50 % of JA alumni save better than 30% of non JA alumni. Our partnership with MMC has empowered more than 500 learners in Gauteng and the Western Cape. […]
Forty-seven years since the 1976 Youth Day riots, the youth of South Africa, find themselves at a cross road. Calls for accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future, amidst the high youth unemployment rate. Education continues to play a critical role in the trajectory of young people. Like it did for the youth of pre-apartheid South Africa.
Junior Achievement South Africa’s core offerings have helped change the narrative and address some of these issues and have to date empowered over 600 000 young people for over 43 years. Backed by JA’s Global Impact report, the venture into entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy has been found to positively impact economies, the workforce and inspiring entrepreneurs. […]
JA South Africa and Toyota empower over 30 out of school youth. […]
To date, 420 youth from different schools in Gauteng completed JA’s Be Entrepreneurial Programme, thanks to BIC.
Our Be Entrepreneurial programme introduces grade 9 -11 learners to concepts of entrepreneurship. […]
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