Young people took center stage at the inaugural AfrInnovate Youth Challenge (AYC), a competition resulting from the JA/Z Zurich Foundation Social Equity Program.
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Hosted by JA Worldwide, JA Africa, and JA Uganda in collaboration with PMIEF, the three-day intensive boot camp aimed to develop and grow JA alumni networks in the Africa region.
Read More25-year JA veteran wins prestigious education prize: JA Africa CEO Simi Nwogugu has won the Africa Education Medal 2023.
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With multiple government partnerships, anniversaries, and awards over the last few months, we have a lot to celebrate in the JA network.
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JA Africa held the 12th-annual Company of the Year competition this week in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Eveline High School, a JA school in Zimbabwe, is a finalist for the World’s Best School Prize in Innovation.
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We’re excited to celebrate International Youth Day 2022 with some very big news: Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF) announced that it will partner with JA Worldwide and JA Africa.
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There’s always so much happening in the six JA regions that it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from last month.
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There’s always so much happening in the six JA regions that it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from last month.
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JA Africa kicked off its 11th-annual Company of the Year Competition this week with student company teams from nine African countries.
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Check out some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from December and January.
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Yesterday, INJAZ Al-Arab announced the expansion of its partnership with Boeing to include JA Africa.
Read MoreTo close the widening gap between youth skills and employer demand, INJAZ Al-Arab JA MENA and JA Africa partnered with Oliver Wyman to explore the issues and potential solutions.
Read MoreWhile 2020 showed us what we at JA have always known—that JA students are not only brilliant but resilient—it also showed us that JA students are compassionate and forward-thinking in their approaches to entrepreneurship and business.
Read MoreThanks to the generous support of the de la Vega family, JA Worldwide offers a global prize for JA student companies: The de la Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award.
Read MoreThe global pandemic put the 2020 JA Africa Company of the Year competition temporarily on hold, but thanks to virtual technology, students around the continent can share their incredible achievements this month.
Read MoreWith a global organization as large as JA—which includes hundreds of local offices around the world, serving over 10 million students each year—our regional operating centers offer both strategic vision and hands-on support.
Read MoreJA Worldwide is pleased to announce the appointment of Simi Nwogugu as CEO of JA Africa.
Read MoreIn May, JA Worldwide selected one alumnus from each of the six JA regions—Europe, Americas, MENA, Asia Pacific, and USA—to serve as Gather Reporters.
Read MoreWe often say that resilience is built into JA’s DNA, but the shift in the way JA locations offer JA programs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that it’s not just the DNA of the organization.
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