The De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award recognizes outstanding young entrepreneurs within the JA network. The winning team from each regional JA Company Program competition (known as Company of the Year, Gen-E, Young Entrepreneurs Celebration, and National Student Leadership Summit) in Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, MENA, and the United States was automatically entered for the award. Founded in 2021 by tech-legend Ralph de...
The De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award recognizes outstanding young entrepreneurs within the JA network. The winning team from each regional JA Company Program competition (known as Company of the Year, Gen-E, Young Entrepreneurs Celebration, and National Student Leadership Summit) in Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, MENA, and the United States was automatically entered for the award. Founded by tech-legend Ralph de la Vega, former...
Hekima Inc student Company from Maranatha Christian High School won the Grand Prize of the 2022 JA Africa Company of the year Competitions held last week in Lagos, Nigeria. With this win, the team will have an opportunity to represent the African region at the Ralph de la Vega Global Entrepreneurship Competition which will bring together COY winners from the six regions where JA Worldwide operates. The teams will compete for awards, US$15,000,...
Lagos, 1st December, 2022: The JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) Competition, Africa’s largest high school entrepreneurship competition returns for the 12th year in a row and first in-person meeting post-COVID, after two successful virtual competitions. Lagos, Nigeria will take center stage for this competition from 7th to 9th December under the theme, “Fueling Changemakers.” COY is JA Africa’s annual celebration of winning teams from...
Hekina Inc a Student Company from Marantha Christian High emerged as the overall winner of the 2022 National Company of the Year Competitions. The team will be representing Zimbabwe at the Junior Achievement Company of the Year (ACOY) Competition to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from the 7th to the 9th of December. The competition gathered 15 winning student companies from Midlands, Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare and Masvingo to contest for the National...
Request for Quotation (RFQ) SUPPLY OF HAIRDRESSING EQUIPMENT IN HARARE REF: TN/JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ZIMBABWE JA Zimbabwe has zero tolerance towards fraud, bribery and corruption JA Zimbabwe does not ask for money for bids. If approached for money or other favours, if you have any suspicions of attempted fraud, bribery or corruption please report immediately. Please provide as much detail as possible with any reports. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT...
You can find one of the world’s best schools in the bustling city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Eveline High School, a 112-year-old educational institution that serves 1,100 girls ages 13 to 18, has a reputation for resilience and excellence in education. Because it includes JA learning experiences in its curriculum, it’s also considered a JA school. And this year, it has been shortlisted for the 2022 World’s Best School Prize for Innovation....
JA Zimbabwe has launched The Green Opportunities through Building Entrepreneurship for Young Offenders’ Needs and Development (GO-BEYOND) project which seeks to rehabilitate juvenile offenders that are about to be released from prison through green enterprise development. The Project is supported by JA LABS, a collaborative learning program designed by JA worldwide to elevate innovations to reach underserved youth. The project is in response...
JA Zimbabwe and Project Management Institute Zimbabwe officially signed a memorandum of understanding to help students participating in the project Elevating Project Management in Youth Ecosystem. The memorandum seeks to deliver project management skills and knowledge whilst integrating it into our JA programs. The partnership will ensure that young people achieve their goals, making their dreams a reality. The collaboration will establish a...
When she graduated from university with a BSc in Chemical Engineering, Rudo Mazhandu faced the reality of unemployment in Zimbabwe’s challenging job market. She tried to get work in the public sector as a secondary school teacher; but the pay was low and her skills were being underutilized. She left the job in less than a year. In December 2014, Rudo decided to start her own soap making business. Rudo registered her company which trades as...
