Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

LEAD Camp media mentor and Ebonylife TV producer Mrs. Priscilla Nzimiro, showed her mentees the ropes of the entertainment business during their field trip to the EbonyLife TV production studio where they had a full tour of the grounds by presenter Fortune Imerhion who was so patient in showing us around.  The girls got the chance to see what life behind the camera is really like, the work entailed in producing a show and the energy required to make it in the industry. The girls weren't quite as ready as we had hoped for their cameo in regards to the manner they approached their research, but Priscilla came up with a new strategy and created new lines for the girls to read and worked with them on their diction to make sure they delivered their best performance and this  is the essence of mentorship after all. Prisciall was everything you could ask for in a mentor. She was stern, but sweet and didn’t leave an inch for failure. We were all amazed at her energy levels du...

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. ...

Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), in partnership with Union Bank are teaming up to empower the lives of fifty (50) girls from various regions of Nigeria for the sixth (6) installment of LEAD Camp taking place July 17 th  -23 rd  in Lagos. The mission of LEAD Camp is to nurture young girls to become high-achieving women leaders while addressing Social Development Goal (SDG) 5: Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. In order to achieve this mission, the participants are taken through series of activities, which include leadership workshops administered by HOD Consulting, a global leadership development company serving fortune 500 companies globally. To be eligible beneficiaries must have previously participated in JAN’s flagship Company Program; recommended by the teachers and volunteers who run the program and maintained a leadership role in the Company. JAN Company Program provides training in the different facets of setting up and running a busine...