Aspiring entrepreneurs in the South East region of Mauritius learn how to start and run a business through the JA ITS TYME Program

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JA Mascareignes has completed the JA ITS TYME Program with two batches of aspiring entrepreneurs in the south east region. The participants learned how to start and run a business. In total 10 aspiring entrepreneurs were trained.
This program was made possible through a collaboration with Ciel Foundation, La Vallée de Ferney and Caritas Notre Dame des Anges.

The JA ITS TYME program is divided into the following sessions:

Stage 1: Developing Life Skills

Session 1 (Self-Esteem, Self-Awareness and Ethics) – Understanding concept of self-esteem and self-awareness/Learn about the importance of positive thinking.

Session 2 (Goal Setting, Time Management and Critical Thinking) – Learn to set goals/Learn the importance of time management

Stage 2: Identifying the Right Business for You

Session 3 (Understanding Entrepreneurship)

Understand what it means to be an entrepreneur / Understand the difference between being a business owner and an entrepreneur/ understand the importance of team work.

Session 4 (Identifying and Communicating your Business Idea) – Identify a business idea / develop or strengthen their public speaking skills by learning how to clearly present their business ideas / learn the importance of collaboration and exchange to come up with a business name.

Stage 3: Developing Your Business Idea

Session 5 (Market Research and Analysis) – Learn the importance of market research and analysis / Learn how to carry out market research and analysis / develop a marketing strategy.

Session 6 (identify Funding Sources and Business Management) – Identify sources for your business start-up / Learn how to manage your business.

Stage 4: Financing and Launching Your Business

Session 7 (Saving for your Enterprise) – Learn the different sources of funding available / Understand the importance of saving and borrowing

Session 8 (Writing your Business Plan) – Learn the importance of a business plan / write a one to two-page business plan.

Stage 5: Managing Your Business

Session 9 (Costing and Pricing Strategy) – Learn how to determine the right price for their product or service / learn the relationship between the costs and profit/ learn the importance of controlling costs to ensure profit.

Session 10 (Financial Management) – Learn the importance of financial management and create processes and procedures to track their finances / learn how to prepare profit and loss, cash flow statements and balance sheets.

Session 11 (Finance in Action) – Learn the importance of a personal budget/ learn the importance of finance in business / learn how financial institutions work.

Stage 6: Making Your Business Sustainable

Session 12 (Leadership and Conflict Resolution) – Learn the meaning of leadership and leadership skills / learn how to use active listening skills to tackle conflict in workplace / learn negotiation and problem-solving skills.

Session 13 (Overcoming Failure in Business) – strategies that can help prevent failure in business / learn strategies for continuing business even in the case of failure.

Session 14 (Personal Action Plan) – Identify career options / learn about problem solving, critical thinking and goal setting / write an action plan.

JA Mascareignes now offers Entrepreneurship Education courses with Project Management in Mauritius

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The JA Mini Company Program 2021 has kicked off, with the delivery of the program materials to all the participants. This year’s edition will see the participation of around 120 students divided in 18 teams.

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.

The 2021 version of the program will also include key concepts of Project Management, which were developed in collaboration with the  Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF). It will be an opportunity for our Mauritian youth to learn about entrepreneurship and project management.

JA Mini Company ProgramTM emphasizes on the business, entrepreneurship, and economics curriculum for young people aged 15 – 19 years. This program highlights business content, while providing hands-on experiences for starting, managing, and liquidating a business. Young people participating in this program use innovative thinking to learn and explore business and corporate career aspirations.

The program involves an average of 24 – 45 hours of hands-on business development experiences.  Teams are guided by a Mentor/Volunteer and/or their teacher over a period of 11 weeks. Some of the key concepts developed over the course of JA Mini Company ProgramTM are: Business competition, Customer service, Division of labour, Dividends, Fixed and variable costs, Shareholders and shareholder value, Business liquidation, Parliamentary procedures, Board of directors, Management structure, Research & Development and Pricing strategies.

 

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JA Mascareignes selected as JA Worldwide Brand Leader

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JA Mascareignes (Mauritius) is among the twenty one countries selected to be part of the JA Brand Leaders Initiative. Each selected Member Nation will act as testers and evaluators of the new brand collateral, JA Brand Guidelines, and the JA Messaging Book.

The full list of JA Brand Leaders is available below:

  • From JA Americas: Junior Achievement Argentina, JA Brazil, JA British Columbia, JA Canada, JA South Western Ontario, JA Uruguay/DESEM Jóvenes Emprendedores
  • From Junior Achievement USA: Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County, JA of Greater Washington, JA of Northern California, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas
  • From JA Europe: Young Enterprise Northern Ireland, JA Poland/Fundacja Młodzieżowej Przedsiębiorczości, JA Romania
  • From JA Asia Pacific: Prestasi Junior Indonesia, JA Singapore, JA India/TGELF
  • From JA Africa: JA Ghana, JA Mascareignes, Junior Achievement Nigeria
  • From INJAZ Al-Arab JA MENA: INJAZ Lebanon, INJAZ Tunisia/INJAZ Tunisie

Implementation of the JA Ourselves Program in collaboration with Kolektif Rivier Nwar.

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JA Mascareignes implemented the JA Ourselves Program with 27 beneficiaries of Kolektif Rivier Nwar on Friday 10th September 2021. The participants spent their last day of holidays learning key Economic and Financial Literacy skills in this full-day workshop and they received a certificate upon completion of the program.

JA Ourselves introduces students to the intersection of financial literacy and early elementary grades social studies learning objectives. Through hands-on classroom activities, the program provides students with an introduction to personal economics and the choices consumers make to meet their needs and wants. It also introduces students to the role of money in society while providing them with practical information about earning, saving, and sharing money.

  • Session 1: This or That? Make a Choice:

Students learn about the choices that the make in their everyday life. They make choices with the help of the “This or That?” Picture Cards. They read a simple prompt in their Junior Journal Mini books and make a choice, while those who are able, write a sentence about their choice.

  • Session 2: Do I Need What I Want?

Students learn differentiate between their Needs and Wants. They participate in an eye-spy poem to help them find need and want items on a poster. Using stickers, students create a needs and wants chart in their Mini books.

  • Session 3: A Rupee Earned

Students learn that they need to work to earn money. They hear the story Welcome Home! To learn about ways they can earn money using their mini books, students complete a maze and draw a picture of how they can earn money.

  • Session 4: A Rupee Saved

Students learn about the importance of saving money. They get into groups to complete a fill-in-the-piggy-bank activity in their mini books.

  • Session 5: A Penny Shared

Students learn about how to start a business and why it is important to share with those who are underprivileged. They listen to Charlie Plants a Garden, a story about starting a neighbourhood garden, they organise story cards sequentially in their mini books.

 

JA Mascareignes (Mauritius) to host African Entrepreneurship Competition

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JA Mascareignes will host the JA Africa Virtual Regional Company of the Year Competition 2021.

The JA Africa Virtual Company of the Year Competition (COY) 2021 will be held from the 24th to the 26th February 2022. The COY is Africa’s premier pitch competition for high school youth who have competed in the flagship JA Company Program. The 3-day event brings together students from 9 countries across Africa to compete for prizes by pitching and presenting their products to a panel of judges composed of business professionals and influencers from the continent. The other countries that will take part in the competition are: Côte d’Ivoire, Kingdom of Eswatini (previously Swaziland), Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The theme for this year’s competition is “Innovating 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.

“JA Mascareignes is extremely proud of the opportunity to host the forthcoming virtual COY. We strongly encourage the youth to enroll in the local JA Mini Company program to benefit from this extremely exciting, enriching and once in a lifetime experience”.

For more details about the competition and how you can support us, please visit www.ja-africa.org/coy2021