Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

 Junior Achievement Nigeria’s (JAN) annual flagship event The National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) will be taking place Thursday 6 th   October, 2016  in Lagos.   JAN’s National Company of the Year Competition is an annual event that brings the JA Company Program winners of Regional Competitions across Nigeria together to compete for the National Company of the Year Award. JA Company Program teaches Senior Secondary students how to start and run their own business from inception to liquidation with the guidance of a volunteer.   They sell shares, raise start-up capital, pay dividends to shareholders and use 10% of their profit for a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity of their choice.   The 2016 NCOY winner will represent Nigeria against other JA Africa member-nation companies for the title of JA Africa Company of the Year in Zimbabwe this December.   At NCOY, JA student companies present the results of their enterprise bef...

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

JA Nigeria in partnership with The Abraaj Group sponsored Six (6) Schools in Abuja and Lagos. These schools participated in the Abraaj 2 nd Cycle Company Program These are the products made by students in both regions. Abuja:   Living Spring International College: (113 students)-Student Note Pads, Ankara Knapsack Flora Home School: (40 students)-Germicide, snacks and liquid soap. Nurul Bayan: (19 students)-Petroleum Jelly for the skin. Lagos: Kuramo College: (50 Students)- Phone cases made from local fabric Ggagada Senioe Grammar School: (60 Students) Iluminatinating Wall Clock & hot comb for hair dressing  Government College, Eric Moore (40 Students): Note pads for writing  In Abuja, a Job shadow program was also facilitated as part of a component of Abraaj Company Program. Fifteen ( 15) Students from African International College, Kaura District participated in Job Shadow on March 16, 2016. The Company Program    Students ...

Junior Achievement Nigeria outshines 16 Member Nations in Student Company of the Year Competition (#COY2015). A host of national champions representing sixteen (16) JA Africa member nations participated in the Junior Achievement African Regional Company of the Year Competition (#COY2015) held in Libreville, Gabon December 2 nd – 5 th 2015. The 2014 JA West African teams were rescheduled to compete in 2015 as a result of the 2014 Ebola outbreak. JA Nigeria was honourably represented by The Dynamites; Government Girls Secondary School, Abaji, Abuja. The team of four included Miss. Idoko Mercy, Miss. Ogbobi, Miss. Monalisa, Miss. Ichado Faith and Miss. Gambo Mariam. The Dynamites emerged the winner of the 2014 JA Africa Company of the Year Award. In addition they also won the 2014 FedEx& Citi Client Satisfaction Award. The winners of the 2015 NCOY held in Lagos, The Roaring Achievers hailing from Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja were unable to attend the event due to ...

There is hope for Nigeria as great young minds came together to identify problems facing the nation and offer highly innovative solutions at STEM Careers Campaign (Science Technology Mathematic Engineering) held at National College, Gbagada, Thursday, 14 November 2015. The program is an initiative of Junior Achievement Nigeria in partnership with General Electric (GE). Ten Secondary schools across Lagos State were in attendance at the event and students were deployed into fifteen teams. They were advised to work as a team to create a unique name; decide on a problem to solve; brainstorm to create a PowerPoint presentation. Also present at the event were Mrs. Efua Edeh, (Executive Director, JAN), Mrs. Elizabeth Bintliff (President, JA Africa), Mrs. Chinwe Effiong (Fr. President JA Africa), JAN staff and GE Volunteers. After the illuminating series of presentations by the fifteen teams there were four winning teams and Team 2, "Creative SACE’s" emerged the winners...

Over the last decade, several African countries has gained the world’s attention as emerging innovation hubs. We have seen technologies like M-Pesa, Mellowcabs electric minicabs and Saavyloo pedal-operated waterless toilets, created by STEM entrepreneurs to address some of the real challenges faced on the continent. To maintain this trend, there is a need, across the continent, for greater emphasis on hands-on STEM education that bridges the gap between theory, entrepreneurship and STEM innovation. Additionally, given the realities of global warming, natural resource depletion, energy crises, and environmental degradation, it is critical that STEM solutions to development challenges are sustainable. Innovations should not only create greater efficiencies to produce financial gains or simplify and improve our lives, but must also reduce and/or reverse environmental impacts, so future generations can continue to adequately provide for their needs. GE has excelled as a leader in thi...

Girls Senior Secondary Grammar School, Obalende, Lagos. Liberty Bells College, Ajah, Lekki, Lagos. Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos Kuramo College, Victoria Island, Lagos. Government College, Maroko, Lagos. Akande Dahunsi, Senior High School, Ikoyi, Lagos. Aunty Ayo Comprehensive, Secondary School Ikoyi, Lagos. Caro Favored College with Mr. Tunji Eleso