Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

The 50 girls took a creative journey into the entertainment industry through Biola Alabi, CEO, Biola Alabi Media and Titilope Sonuga, Poet & Brand Ambassador, She Will Connect Program-Nigeria. Biola and Titilope help the girls see the possibilities of creating change through entertainment and shared their path to success in their creative fields and how to look past negativity.  The ladies answered a very critical question; one we all ask ourselves when we look back on our lives, "what would I tell my 15 year old self?" At the end of the discussion Titolope shared an amazing, soul stirring poem on overcoming our fears. Happy viewing.  Article and Photos by: Petra Erhiyoma, JAN

LEAD CAMP 2016:  DAY 1 At 4:00pm on Sunday, 17 th July 2016, all of our girls had arrived safely from their various destinations and settled in for a brief introduction of the Leadership, Empowerment, Achievement and Development (LEAD) Camp by the convener, Mrs. Simi Nwogugu. Mrs. Bunmi Aboderin, Executive Director,Business Development, Punch Newspaper was the first speaker of the weeklong event and left the girls with six important things to know as a young woman leader: (1) Walk with the wise (2) Don’t believe the lie (3) Guard what you have (4) Pay attention to detail (5) Have mirrors/mentors (6) Self-control is never out of style In closing she encouraged the girls by sharing this affirming fact, “recognize the value of what you have and don’t let anybody dissuade you. Guard the value of what you have”. The day ended with the screening of the award-winning movie “DRY” written and directed by Stephanie Linus, the second speaker for the day.

July 15th marked the launch of our 6th Edition of LEAD Camp which kicked off with a press conference at The Limeridge Hotel, Chevron Lekki. Present at the event were Mrs. Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem, Head Corporate Affairs & Corporate Communications Union Bank; MD/CEO HOD Consulting Inc. Mrs. Simi Sanni Nwogugu; JAN Board Member Mr. Rufai Ladipo, CEO Agile Communications; JAN Associate Director of In-School Programs Ms. Adaeze Oputa and JAN Executive Director, Mrs. Efua Edeh.  There was ample press coverage from a wide variety of print outlets and television coverage from Ebony Life TV and Channels TV. The event kicked off at 10:30AM with a brief introduction about JAN from Marketing & Communications Manager, Ms. Tobe Ifeanyi who passed the baton to our moderator for the day Mr. Ladipo who kept energy levels high during the dialogue. Our panelists shed a lot of light on the current state of affairs for the African girl child and African Woman who are the backbone of our so