It’s hard to believe that Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) is 20 years old this year! Since our founding in 1999, we have witnessed the growth and evolution, not only of
Archive for January, 2019
ED’s NOTE
Dear Friends, 2018 has been an incredible year for JAN!!! Soon after celebrating our selection as a finalist for the Google Impact Challenge, we left for Accra first week in December for the JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) competition with our winning team from the NCOY in October.
ACOY 2018: JAN SCHOOL WINS AFRICA COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD
We are Champions!!! The JA Nigeria team broke out in some famous Nigerian dance steps as they were announced as the new AFRICA COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2018 Champions in Accra, Ghana on December 7, 2018. Inventive Explorers from Caro Favoured School, Ajegunle won the overall prize as the best
EXPANSION: JA COMPANY PROGRAM & CAREER SUCCESS EXPANDS TO IMO STATE
Thanks to ANGUZ Partners, the JA Company Program and Career Success are now being taught in Imo State, the last state of the Southeast region left to penetrate. This partnership, which kicked off in October with training for 27 teachers ahead of in-class delivery in 19 selected schools, was designed
CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING: TOTAL E & P STAFF COMPLETE JAN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS
Members of the Total E & P Multipurpose Co-operative Society have volunteered to teach JAN programs in primary and secondary schools in Lagos and Rivers states over the past few months, igniting hope and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and business leadership in young students. The Co-operative sponsored JA Our Nation in
IFC NIGERIA HOSTS JAN STUDENTS AT LAGOS OFFICE FOR CAREER DAY
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Nigeria hosted 15 outstanding students from Gbara Community Secondary School at their Ikoyi office to a Career Day and Job Shadow exercise in November. This was a follow-up to the Volunteer Day exercise earlier in the year when members of IFC staff spent a day
PARTNER IN DEVELOPMENT: ACT FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH JA NIGERIA TO PROMOTE YOUTH ENTERPRISE
Determined to inspire entrepreneurship among youth as a means to solving the out-of-school youth and unemployment issues in Nigeria, Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation has expanded its partnership with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) to take entrepreneurship education to younger secondary school students through the “My Company My Region” initiative. Targeted
CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING: GENERAL ELECTRIC STAFF VOLUNTEER TO TEACH JAN PROGRAMS IN LAGOS AND PORT HARCOURT
A longstanding partner for JA around the world, General Electric decided to support some Nigerian classrooms through their corporate volunteering initiative. GE Nigeria staff implemented two secondary school programs, one designed specifically for students in the Niger Delta region and the other for students in the Southwest, at Oginigba Community
IT’S A WRAP: CITI FOUNDATION SPONSORED ITS TYME PILOT CONCLUDES
The Citi Foundation sponsored ITS TYME pilot in Maiduguri has come to a successful close! Designed for out-of-school youth, this program empowered 250 internally displaced people (IDP) in the Bakassi Camp, Maiduguri, with entrepreneurial skills in sewing and fashion design, leather goods making, soap making, carpentry and farming. The pilot programs