MASTERCARD AND JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NIGERIA PARTNER TO GIVE NIGERIAN YOUTHS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING
For the
second year in a row, MasterCard is supporting Junior Achievement Nigeria (JA
Nigeria) to reach more girls with entrepreneurship and financial literacy
training to build the business skills of the girls through the Girls Enterprise
Program (GEP). The goal of the program is to provide young girls with additional
educational opportunities to learn about business, economics and free
enterprise.
The GEP is an adapted Company Program of JA Nigeria for young
girls between the ages of 14 and 18 from disadvantage backgrounds in Lagos,
Port Harcourt and Abuja. The program will run for a period of 12 months during
which entrepreneurship skills, work readiness, financial literacy and life
skills will be administered. The grant from MasterCard will enable JA Nigeria
to enhance her traditional entrepreneurship training with business mentoring
that will help the participants to establish viable startup companies within a
year of completing the program.
During
the course of the implementation of the GEP, JA Nigeria will conduct
entrepreneurial training, organize internship experience and Microfinance
access, develop business plan and form alumni network for the beneficiaries.
For over a decade, MasterCard has partnered with Junior
Achievement to provide financial empowerment education to young people across
the world. MasterCard's partnership with Junior Achievement began with the
Junior Achievement—Young Enterprise program which stresses entrepreneurial
thinking among youth as well as featuring entrepreneurial opportunities for
them.
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