Junior Achievement South Africa (JA South Africa) is excited to kick off the second year of the Google.org funded Jobs and Skills Programme to provide scholarships, instructional support, and wraparound support to young South Africans.The grant valued at R 1,6 million will reach 540 youth from Gauteng, Western Cape, Northwest, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Limpopo […]
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Entrepreneurial education fast-tracked for 35,000 South African youth
Entrepreneurial education fast-tracked for 35,000 South African youth Registration now open for interested youth between 18 – 35 years to join the programme, kicking off in 2023 A three-year partnership between Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF), JA Worldwide and JA Africa will scale and fast-track entrepreneurship education across Africa, with 35,000 South African out-of-school-youth set to […]
MMF partnership sets learners on journey to being financially savvy!
Junior Achievement South Africa in partnership with the Momentum Metropolitan Foundation has empowered 45 grade 10-11 learners at Dr. E.P Lekhela High School in Retswelele, Kimberley with skills in financial literacy. The My Money Biz programme simplifies difficult financial concepts by complementing learning with practical approaches to financial management. “The learners started the programme not […]
JA South Africa and SABIC’s Lights of our future partnership is a chemistry that matters
JA South Africa and SABIC’s Lights of our future partnership is a chemistry that matters Junior Achievement South Africa and SABIC are inspiring youth and transforming lives of over 500 young people in grade 10-11 from Western Cape, South Africa. The global partnership aiming to reach 11,000 students in 22 countries across six regions in […]
JA Opportunities Out There Programme focusing on STEM2D reaches another milestone!
JA Opportunities Out There Programme focusing on STEM2D reaches another milestone! Junior Achievement (JA) South Africa continues to partner with Standard Bank Tutuwa Foundation and Siyafunda Community Technology Centres in implementing the JA Opportunities Out There Programme Focusing on STEM2D. In its fifth year, the programme will see over 120 grade 11 learners across three […]
Reimagining Today 2021 Annual Report
Junior Achievement (JA) South Africa is pleased to present the 2021 Annual Report, themed Reimagining Today. The theme, saw us as an organisation act out what a few years ago seemed like distant reality! Please join us as we reflect on the achievements and opportunities explored in this past year, all of which would not […]
JA South Africa excited to partner with BIC Foundation
Junior Achievement (JA) South Africa is excited to partner with BIC Foundation to implement the JA Be Entrepreneurial (BE) programme in Gauteng, South Africa. The JA Be Entrepreneurial Programme teaches learners develop the essential components of a business plan and challenges them to start an entrepreneurial venture while still in high school. The programme further supplements […]
JA South Africa is excited to partner with Sci Bono & empower over 1000 learners
JA South Africa is proud to announce our partnership with Sci Bono and the Gauteng Department of Education. The partnership aims to reach over 1 000 high school pupils in Gauteng the chance to develop their entrepreneurial skills through various JA entrepreneurial skills programmes. The programme are t be implemented Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, […]
JA South Africa is excited to kick off the Citi Foundation programmes 2022
JA South Africa is excited to announce the 2022 Citi Foundation programmes. Thanks to the Citi Foundation partnership the grant valued at over R 700 000 will see JA South Africa empower over 350 grades 10-11 learners in the JA Enterprise Programme and the Job Shadow programme across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape. The […]
JA South Africa welcomes Zodwa Pakade as new board chairperson
JA South Africa is proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Zodwa Pakade as the new board chairperson. Prior to this appointment, Ms Pakade has been an invaluable Board member of JA South Africa for the past five years and has been acting in this role since the last quarter of 2021. “We look forward […]