Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), for understandable reasons, likes to say that amongst its achievements in the past 20 years, it has reached over 970,000 students in over 20,000 classrooms in all the 36 states across the country and the FCT through over 4,000 volunteers. This puts the organization on track to reach one million students by the end of 2019.
With a mission to inspire and educate young people to become conscientious business leaders, JAN achieves this by implementing economic education programs that develop attitudes and skills necessary for personal success and social responsibility.
This mission came to life once again as two Junior Achievement Nigeria schools were recognized at the National NTA Expo in Abuja and Beyond School Community Challenge organized by the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni of Nigeria.
The JA Explorers company founded by the Junior Achievement Nigeria students at Government Technical College, Uyo developed a water level indicator which automatically switches on the water pumping machine when water is low and switches it off when full. This innovative product made the JA Explorers win the National NTA Expo in Abuja.
At another competition in Lagos State organized by the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni of Nigeria, the Green Tech Company founded by the Junior Achievement Nigeria students at the Topfield College, Ajegunle, Lagos won the Second Place Prize of 250,000 Naira for developing a Rechargeable Power Box. The invention which is an eco-friendly power box was designed to curtail the effects of power supply lapses in homes within the society.
The impact JAN is making is made possible by the tremendous support it has enjoyed over the past 20 years and counting, from companies such as FirstBank, Citibank, Union Bank, African Capital Alliance, ACT Foundation, Google, Dangote Group, Stanbic IBTC, Deloitte, Schlumberger, Sigma Pensions, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Agile Communications, Channels Television and Verraki Partners amongst others. This support, which has enabled JAN impact lives and execute programs nationwide, is most commendable. We entreat more of that support for worthy organisations and causes in Nigeria.
