We are pleased to announce that the following teams have been selected for the JA Mini Company Final 2021:
JA Mascareignes congratulates all five teams who have made it to the final and thanks all the teams for participating and for having made this competition a success.
The final will be live on the JA Mascareignes Facebook Page on Friday 3rd December at 7pm.
The program is sponsored by PMIEF.
The 16 JA Companies involved in the JA Mini Company Program 2021, will be completing their CSR Challenge from the 30th of October to the 7th of November 2021. The challenge will be in the form of a sensitisation campaign which they will be running on their Facebook and Instagram Account.
The CSR Action has always been an integral part of the JA Mini Company Program. The aim is to sensitise the young participants about some of the social ills around them and how they can play an active role in addressing them. For the 2021 edition, they will need to complete a series of actions or sensitisation campaigns that are in line with one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each team will need to complete a minimum of four days of CSR Action during the period 30th October-7th November 2021.
The CSR Challenge Week can be followed on the JA Mascareignes Social Media Pages or by searching #CSRChallenge on Facebook and Instagram.
JA Mini Company ProgramTM is a hands-on program where students of Grade 12, aged 15 to 19, learn how to start and run their own businesses, develop and market a product or service under the guidance of a local business volunteer/mentor. After a preliminary round, 5 companies are shortlisted to showcase their business venture through a PowerPoint Presentation in front of an audience and Judging Panel. The winning team of the JA Mini Company Program represents Mauritius at the JA Africa Virtual Regional Company of the Year Competition.
The theme for this year’s competition is “Innovation with Grit”, it is inspired by the need for young people to demonstrate a sense of resilience and adaptability to overcome the challenges that have happened globally in the entrepreneurship space given the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lagos, Nigeria, October 27, 2021 – Junior Achievement (JA) Africa and The Richer TM Media Limited (The Richer TM Media) today signed a partnership to produce The Junior Billionaires Club TM (JBC), an animated TV series designed to teach children across Africa about financial literacy and wealth principles.
The animated series is developed jointly based on The Richer TM Kids Club – an affiliate of The Richer TM Media – and JA’s financial literacy, entrepreneurship and wealth education curricula which give young people the knowledge and skills to make informed financial, business, career and life decisions. It will feature Lola & Kweku-Sika, two young Africans who go on different adventures to learn key financial and wealth concepts as well as African history and other social studies/economics topics on Africa. The series will air in English, French and eventually Portuguese across different African countries on traditional and digital media.
During the signing ceremony earlier this month at the JA Nigeria Office, Simi Nwogugu, CEO of JA Africa said, “Expanding financial literacy across the continent is a key area of focus for us at JA Africa. This animated series gives us the opportunity to reach and educate millions of African children and young adults, especially those in hard to reach communities who may not have access to our classroom programs or digital activities. We will also spotlight inspiring African leaders, not only to celebrate them, but also to show young Africans that the continent has role models they can aspire to be like. It is our hope that it will encourage schools across Africa to set up Junior Billionaires Clubs to inspire their students.”
Omi Oshikoya, Chief Media Officer of The Richer TM Media, speaking about the partnership said “this partnership gives us the opportunity to inspire a new generation of Africans that are creating wealth and are successful in all areas of their lives which is our mission.”
According to Omi “Africa has a high poverty rate, and this can be traced to the lack of financial literacy. To reduce the financial literacy gap, it is important to note that in every African country two -fifths of the population is younger than 15 years old, therefore, to foster economic development, the focus should be on children who are the future leaders.” She also said “The curriculum has been created to include financial literacy, business as well as life and wealth principles to ensure the children are well equipped to thrive in the world we live in today. The COVID-19 global pandemic has made it imperative for children to be financially educated and to learn how to invest in their physical, emotional and mental health and other areas of their lives.”
The Junior Billionaires Club curriculum has been created to include financial literacy, business as well life coaching and wealth principles to ensure that children are well equipped to be successful in every area of their lives. The animated series will educate children in a fun and interactive way to prepare them for life as adults as well as to learn good values and life skills such as leadership and public service. Junior Billionaires Club will contribute towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, and Goal 4: Quality Education.
About Junior Achievement Africa
Junior Achievement (JA) Africa prepares youth for the future of jobs by bridging the gap between school and the world of work. Through the delivery of financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship training and in collaboration with schools, technical/ vocational centers and other partners, JA Africa works in 13 countries reaching 250,000 youth each year. Learn more about us at www.ja-africa.org.
About The Richer TM Media Limited
The Richer TM Media Limited is a media production company focused on using media and technology to produce content that inspires, informs, empowers and educates a new generation of Africans that are creating wealth and successful in all areas of their lives thereby contributing towards achieving at least 5 of the United Nations General Assembly Sustainable Development Goals, most importantly Goal 1: No Poverty.
For enquiries and Contact details
Senanu Adiku
info@ja-africa.org
+233577680373
Omi Oshikoya
therichermedia@gmail.com
+2348055349562
The World Food Day (WFD) Foodathon, was a project organised by EIT Food and Junior Achievement Europe, in partnership with EUROPEN and with the support of Bayer. The Foodathon was an intensive two-day Innovation Camp between 13th-15th of October 2021, aiming to solve specific agri-food challenges and lead to the generation of new business ideas/business propositions.
The Foodathon aimed to raise awareness among young generations of the significant challenges facing our food systems today, to help young talent gain entrepreneurial skills and acquire the confidence to become potential future entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector.
More than 100 students from secondary schools in Europe and Africa will participate and work together in teams to solve a common challenge. This unique opportunity will allow participants not only to develop entrepreneurial competences but also to experience transnational collaborative efforts and cultural boundaries distribution for a common goal.
The three challenges during the Foodathon were:
“Overall, the event was magnificent; the organization was great, and the organisers , juries and mentors were very helpful and friendly. We had no language barrier so we could all communicate easily. Working with people from other countries was the best part. We now have friends overseas, and that friendship and teamwork transcends countries and oceans. Overall, we were all very happy and even worked with music to make it more fun!
The main lesson that I have learnt, is that we really need to be more conscious about food consumption. Us as consumers tends to over-eat, and exploit the natural resources, resulting in larger food waste, fewer food for the underdeveloped countries and eventually eating too much junk food will leads to non-communicable diseases.”
– Shania Kamudu
“The event was great. The organisers were always there to help us and to answer our questions. They gave us valuable advice on how to improve our products and how to better work as a team.
It was a great opportunity to know our teammates from Slovakia and Zambia. Our Zambian friends were very creative and our Slovakian friends could take on big tasks such as preparing the presentation. Though we were in different time zones, we were able to compromise and meet virtually.
Participating in this event made me realise that food waste is not a common subject of discussion. Many people take food for granted and are not aware of its real value.”
– Akilesh Bhookul
I have learnt that teamwork is an important skill. Working together brings greater ideas and motivation to create a strong and impactful project. It was difficult for me, we could not communicate well and this reflected on our work.
Overall I really appreciated this project. I enjoyed the other participants’ ideas. They were wonderful with great teamwork. The mentors were very helpful and kind. My team might not have won but I am happy to have been a part of this.
My topic was “Healthy Nutrition and prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases”. It is an interesting and important topic to talk about because it is a serious problem. It has major negative impacts on the world that many people are not aware of. Bringing several solutions together from different countries can make the world a better place.
– Tevisha Sadayen
This event had help us learn more about FOOD WASTE all around the world. It has also helped us to make new friends from another country.
Working with another team helped us to improve our communication skills. We learned how to collaborate. We have learnt from this event that food plays the most important role in our life. Food waste need to be reduced.
This event had help me to learn more about FOOD WASTE all around the world. It needs to be reduced. One third (1.3 billion tons) of food produced globally is wasted every year, amounting to about one trillion US dollars’ worth.
My advices are:
- Shop smart
- Store food properly
- Learn to preserve
– Yohan Coomar Ramluggun
“The event overall was inspiring, nice and an innovative way to generate ideas about how to avoid food waste
It was nice to work with my fellow Mauritian friends, and we were also able to bond with the Bulgarian team. This was an exciting experience.
We humans acting carelessly created food wastage, but by working together we could eliminate this and live in a sustainable way.”
– Ramasawmy Mithilesh
The Foodathon was very different from my past experiences of taking part in online events. The language barrier made it difficult for both teams to collaborate and we ended up not making the best use of the available time. Everyone was, however, very motivated and gave their best until the end. For me, this is what really counts.
The event helped me to improve my interpersonal skills. I tend to come off as a bit pushy and arrogant. I need to work on my emotional intelligence because I think that is what I need to better work in a team.
– Devesh Bulatoo
Hey, JA Africa alumni changemakers! Join the #RiseUpChallenge
and help bring solutions to global food waste.
The #RiseUpChallenge is a creative communication challenge focused on food waste that was developed for JA/INJAZ/YE alumni to learn from dentsu, a global media and communications company, while creating an impactful campaign to create positive social impact.
Why participate? You will get the opportunity to pitch your ideas at the JA Global Leadership Conference to senior leaders from JA and Dentsu. You could win an iPad, global recognition, and many more prizes!
Registration ends on October 9, 2021 and the challenge starts on October 11, 2021.
Register today at http://ow.ly/CETq50GiCms
Let’s make a difference!