Accra, Ghana, 28 June 2021 – Junior Achievement (JA) Africa today announced the appointment of Phil Mlambo as its new Chief Operations Officer with effect from July 1, 2021. He joins the executive management team at JA Africa from his previous role as Executive Director of JA Zimbabwe, a post he has held since 2005. A citizen of Zimbabwe, Mlambo is an experienced youth development specialist with a Master of Management in Public and...
Mitchel Ndlovu is a 21 year old female from Hatcliff Extension, Harare who survives through making beads and selling them. She joined JA and had Entrepreneurship and financial literacy classes at Hatcliff Community Hall. “I learnt a lot of things which include how to save money, writing business plans, how to manage them, and making my business professional. Before she joined the JA program she was making beads as a hobby, but after the...
This is a story of Stanley Moyo a 22 year old youth from Pumula, Bulawayo who learnt about Junior Achievement Zimbabwe after picking up a manual on his way to shops. “When l picked up the book the first page was torn apart so l didn’t know that it was a JAZ manual,”said Stanley. As a person who loves reading books he said he then started reading the book and found it interesting. “I learnt about finding my talent, working in groups,...
Wisdom Muronda is a 27 year old young man who was trained in business and entrepreneurship in 2015 by Junior Achievement Zimbabwe in partnership with Zimbabwe Works: International Youth Foundation program funded by SIDA, USAID and DFID. In 2015 Wisdom was running a small internet cafe in his neighborhood in Mbizo Township in Kwekwe. He used to have one computer in his cafe and after the training which equipped him with savings culture and...
Titus is into agricultural value chain business focusing on procurement of maize grain which he suppliers to Delta Beverages Ltd and National Foods Company. Upon getting an order to supply 2,000 tonnes of maize, Titus began the loan application process in July and was declined twice due to lack of collateral. This did not dampen his spirit, instead he reapplied and was able to provide cash cover through his debtors to cover the loan amount. He...
