The COVID-19 pandemic has affected countries all over the world. As a member of JA Worldwide, JA Nigeria has relied on information from colleagues in affected countries around the world to better prepare our staff, students and stakeholders for the eventuality of the disease reaching Nigeria. In light of increasing
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ED’s Note
Dear Friends, When we set the theme for our 20th anniversary way back in January, we did not actually realize that “20 Years of Impact, Partnering for Growth,” was a prophecy! Over the past few months, as we ramped up activities towards the anniversary event in October, both aspects of
ED’S LETTER
Dear Friends, First of all, apologies for not delivering our newsletter to you monthly as usual — we have had so many activities for our 20th anniversary year that squeezing in time to get the newsletter out on time has been challenging, to say the least! Speaking of our 20th
ED’s Letter
Dear Friends, 2019 has been such a busy year for us that we have not been able to sit down and compose a newsletter until now. We apologize and, in this edition, give you a summary of our activities during the first quarter of 2019. As you read in my
MARKING 20 YEARS OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NIGERIA
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
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.
JAN is Going Digital!
Dear Friends, November has been such a rollercoaster month! We were so thrilled to find out on November 5 that we had been selected as one of twelve finalists for the Google Impact Challenge — out of 5,000 applications!!! We spent the majority of the month canvassing for votes and it
ED’s Letter
Dear Friends, We’ve had an exciting two months since schools resumed in September, so much so that we didn’t get the chance to write you last month! The month of September was spent preparing our RCOY winners from the last term for our flagship National Company of the
After Brexit And The Election Of Trump: What’s At Stake For Nigerians Abroad? By Simi Nwogugu
Last month, my 5-year-old daughter fell off the monkey bars at her school and broke her wrist. I was told by our family doctor to take her to what he believed to be one of the best private hospitals for orthopaedic emergencies in Lagos. An x-ray at the hospital confirmed