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JAN: Two Decades Of Empowering Young Nigerians

This year marks 20 years of empowering young people at Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), an organisation set up with the aim of building a bridge … Continue reading JAN: Two Decades Of Empowering Young Nigerians


This year marks 20 years of empowering young people at Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), an organisation set up with the aim of building a bridge between the classroom and the workplace.

To celebrate the occasion, the organisation has lined up several activities which will lead to the main event on October 4.

These events, which will also reflect JAN’s commitment to preparing and developing young Nigerians to compete effectively in the global workplace include a social media event which will run on the 20th of every month.

In October, the activities will culminate in an inaugural Youth Leadership Conference, Awards Luncheon, and Fundraising Dinner.

Global Impact

JAN (Nigeria) is a member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, a non-profit economic education organisation operating in 120 countries.

JA delivers unique, experiential programmes focusing on the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy which ignite a spark in young people.

In Nigeria, JA is committed to building financial literacy and an entrepreneurial mindset in young people aged 5 to 27, across all six geo-political zones.

In over 20 years of its operations in Nigeria, JAN has impacted over 900,000 youths in over 38 cities and 22,000 classrooms.

JAN prides itself of numerous awards which include Africa Company of the Year Award (Best Student Company in Africa); FedEx Access Award (recognizes the business that best demonstrates the ability to cross national boundaries and succeed as a global business), and many others.