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...

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 ou...