The Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) announces the appointment of Ugonna Achebe as the new Executive Director of JA Nigeria, effective July 1st, 2024. As JAN celebrates its 25th anniversary, Ugonna’s appointment marks a historic moment as he becomes the first alumnus to lead the organization. His
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Alumni Spotlight: Vincent Eke
We are always proud of our alumni. Meet Vincent Eke, a 2020 Venture in Management Program (ViMP) alum who is currently studying at Sciences Po, France to bag a Master of Science degree in International Management and Sustainability. Victor acknowledged that his participation in ViMP shaped his career path, giving
JA Worldwide Is Top Ten NGO/SGO for Fourth Consecutive Year
Geneva-based NGO Advisor—which recently rebranded as thedotgood—has just announced that JA Worldwide remains among the ten most impactful social-good organization in the world. Ranking the world’s most impactful NGOs began in 2012, in an effort to showcase the best practices and newest ideas in the nonprofit sector. Last year, recognizing that it
Prince’s Trust International, Junior Achievement Nigeria train young people in entrepreneurship, business management
Lagos, Nigeria, May 2022 – Prince’s Trust International, in partnership with Junior Achievement Nigeria, has launched the first-ever Enterprise Challenge Programme in Nigeria. The partnership will support young people to develop their entrepreneurial skills and business knowledge. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2015 and building on four
Alumni Spotlight: Victor Bella
Name: Bella Victor Designation: Founder & CEO Age : 26 What motivates you: Talking about motivation, I believe you can’t easily separate it from my passion – to see others grow. Many people know me for Socialander but it is not my first big leap. Before socialander, I founded the
JA, Bestman Games partner to Implement JA More than Money Program
Our preparation for JA More than Money on the Run! The JA More money program is a Six weeks program tailored towards primary school students in grades 4, 5 and 6. The mission of JA more money is to meet the after-school programming needs of a diverse group of students
Foluso Gbadamosi takes over from Simi Nwogugu as JA Nigeria ED
Lagos, (Nigeria), January 2021 – The Board of Junior Achievement Nigeria has appointed Foluso Gbadamosi as the new Executive Director of the organization effective from January, 2021. Foluso joins JA Nigeria bringing on board many years of technology experience spanning across various sectors to accelerate JAN’s impact. This appointment is
The Board of Directors of JA Africa has announced the appointment of Simi Nwogugu as the new Chief Executive Officer of JA Africa, effective November 2020. Mrs. Nwogugu brings to her new role valuable entrepreneurship and consulting knowledge and 23 years of experience at JA—including as a volunteer, board member
Register for Virtual Conference on Entrepreneurship
Junior Achievement Nigeria will be celebrating twenty years of the Company Program with its first virtual conference with the theme “The Need for Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Secondary Schools.” The conference will hold on Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 on the Zoom platform. The virtual Conference is a 2-hour event focused
ViMP 20th Edition: A Resounding Success
20 years later and the highlight of our February is not Valentine’s day but our partnership with Lagos Business School that sees 50 members of the National Youth Service Corps from across the country graduate from the JA Nigeria Venture in Management Program (ViMP) after spending a week networking, learning,