JA South Africa is proud to announce the 2021 Company of the Year competition Register here, and watch our provincial finalists battle it to be crowned JA South Africa’s country winners. […]
JA South Africa – Company of the Year 2021
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How to teach the youth entrepreneurial skills
Concerning data released by the Statistics South Africa quarterly labour force survey in the 2nd quarter of 2021 indicate that the country’s unemployment rate has hit a new record high of 34.4% from 32.6% in the previous quarter. This is the highest jobless rate in the past decade, with youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between […]
JA South Africa’s More than Money Programme receives a nod from MMF and GDED
JA South Africa (formerly Junior Achievement SA) is delighted to partner with Momentum Metropolitan Foundation (MMF) in implementing the JA More than Money programme. The partnership has seen over 360 grades 6-7 learners from Chivirikani Primary School in Katlehong and at Theo Twala Primary School in Springs empowered with financial literacy skills. JA’s More than […]
JA South Africa in partnership Itirele Trust accelerates Women in Business
JA South Africa in partnership with Itirele Trust has empowered 16 young women through the JA South Africa Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme. The programme, which was implemented at Jerry Moloi Library Daveyton, Etwatwa ran from March to June 2021 and was hosted by Ekasi Net Organisation. The programme focused on empowering female tertiary graduates and women […]
GOOGLE.ORG FUNDING UPSKILLS 500 YOUTH
The Google.Org sponsorship will upskill 500 disadvantaged youth with much needed IT skills JA South Africa is delighted to receive sponsorship from Google.org to provide scholarships, instructional support, and wraparound support for young South Africans. The grant, valued at R 1,5 million, will see 500 disadvantaged youth across Gauteng, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Western Cape […]
Change Makers Women in Business Conference 2021
Are you a young woman looking to be a change maker for your generation? If you are between the ages of 15- 35 then the Change Maker’s – Women in Business conference is for you! The virtual event scheduled for Wednesday, 4 August 2021 from 10:00 – 12:30 will focus specifically on women empowerment and […]
Entrepreneurship, the buzzword without a causal effect
JA SOUTH AFRICA – YOUTH DAY OPINION PIECE Entrepreneurship can be defined as the discovery and exploitation of opportunities. One identifies a need and comes up with a solution to remedy the problem, on a great scale whilst making a profit. Easy to define but not so easy to execute. So much so, that registering […]
We are proud to release our 2020 Annual Report!
Learners and the youth remain at the heart of everything we do. We would like to thank our partners, funders and volunteers who continue to play a key role in having JA South Africa empower our beneficiaries in the area of entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. The year 2020 themed the Age of technology […]
TOYOTA PARTNERSHIP EMPOWERS OVER 100 LEARNERS WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS
JA is proud to announce the completion of our Be Entrepreneurial Programme, by 100 learners from Masiqhakaze Secondary school, in Thembisa. The Be Entrepreneurial Programme teaches learners the concept of entrepreneurship by introducing learners to experiential entrepreneurship, product development, advertising and business planning, whilst simultaneously getting a head start on their economic and management science […]
JA SOUTH AFRICA AND INVESTEC PARTNERSHIP EMPOWERS LEARNERS WITH KEY SKILLS FOR FUTURE WORLD OF WORK
JA South Africa is proud to partner with Investec’s, Entrepreneurship Development Trust (EDT) on our Enterprise Plus Programme. The partnership has seen over 100 grade 10-12 learners at Motse Maria Secondary in Limpopo and Moedwill High school in North West equipped with skills of setting up and running a business, project management and product innovation […]
