Junior Achievement Launches Ghana Company Program
Junior Achievement’s flagship programme, the Company Program, is aimed at “delivering an introductory and practical entrepreneurship education to high school students.” The programme was re-launched on Thursday 26 October at JA Africa Ghana office located at East Legon in Accra. Global Lab was represented at the ceremony by Anthony Addae, and he sends the report below.
The CEO of JA Africa, Elizabeth Bintliff in her welcome address gave an overview of JA Ghana and the objectives of the Company Program. She mentioned that the launch is to rejuvenate the programme which has been dormant for two years. Four schools in Accra namely Accra Academy, Labone Senior High, St Mary’s Senior High, and Alpha Beta School, would be participating in this phase of the programme.
The Company Program video was then screened. It was a short video showcasing finalists and projects from previous phases of the programme.
In his remarks, JA Ghana Board Chair, John Armah, emphasised that the programme could contribute creating an alternative route to job creation and employment through its focus on entrepreneurship.
A JA Ghana Alumnus, Emmanuel Nyame, testified on how the JA experience transformed him from a high school student of Accra Academy to an entrepreneur.
Vera Adu-Amaning, of Adu-Amani Klodin, disclosed how she kickstarted her well-known clothing brand on Facebook as a student, and how she makes money from it without a physical shop.
After word of thanks, the event closed officially, but there was a brief social networking oppportunity. I interacted with a few people who were happy to hear about Global Lab and our activities, so I directed them to our Facebook page. Among them was the Program Manager of JA Ghana, Abeiku Greene, who looks forward to future collaborations. Other known groups/organisations that were present included Kumasi Hive, GhScientic and Innovate Ghana.
Anthony Addae is a Computer Engineering graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He completed his national service at the Computer Engineering Department, KNUST, where he was a Teaching Assistant. He is interested in computer programming, networking, and intelligent systems.