Name: Oscar Agugua Location: Port Harcourt Organization: FirstBank Designation: Regional Product Manager What was your motivation for volunteering with JA Nigeria? I love young ones that are technologically inspired. Coming from an engineering background, I am passionate about teaching young ones how to be innovative and solution-driven. This spurred me
Archive for March, 2021
JA Nigeria Partners for Growth, Impact
Grooms Digital Entrepreneurs Empowers Young People Junior Achievement Nigeria has unveiled plans to focus on impacting about one million youths before 2025 within the five years benchmark after crossing the one million mark and making an impact in the lives of youths in the last 20 years. Experts, partners from
Mastercard Empowers Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders with First Girls4Tech™ Connect Digital Programme in Kenya and Nigeria
Girls4Tech™ Connect leverages Mastercard’s deep expertise in payments technology and innovation to bridge STEM skills gap and inspire young girls As part of Mastercard’s on-going commitment to connecting women in Africa to the possibilities and opportunities that will enable them to make a living, follow their passions, and contribute to
JA Nigeria, Mixta Africa, partner to teach young people entrepreneurship
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, Mixta Nigeria has partnered with JA Nigeria to teach secondary school students the basics of starting and running a successful business through the implementation of the JA Be Entrepreneurial program. The program which will be implemented in Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Oyo
JA Africa Celebrates One Decade of Company of the Year Program as Kingdom of eSwatini Convenes Africa-wide Virtual Competition
JA Africa will convene Africa’s brightest high school entrepreneurs for its 10th Africa Regional Company of the Year (COY) Competition. This year, the competition is going virtual and will be broadcast live from March 25 – 27, 2021. The competition theme, “Lead to Succeed”, is inspired by the need for
Iyin Aboyeji Joins JA Nigeria Board
Lagos, Nigeria, March 2021 – Junior Achievement Nigeria is pleased to announce the appointment of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji to the board of the organisation. This brings the number of JA Nigeria board members to 11. Iyinoluwa is the Founder & General Partner, Future Africa – a platform that connects mission-driven innovators
Woman, Rise UP!
by: Onyedikachi Maduagwu So strong, so bold! Facing the world unashamedly! Seeking no validation or permission to live out her dreams and take up her crown! She understands that the world is her stage and she is the star performer so she rises up and defiles her limitations and naysayers