Junior Achievement Eswatini
Junior Achievement Eswatini (JAE), exists for the purpose of equipping the youth with much needed financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship skills, enabling the youth to contribute and succeed in the local and global economy. JAE is a not for profit organisation, and a member of JA Worldwide. JA is an organization that offers business and entrepreneurial education programs to young people aged between 14-35 years. JA is a trend-setter in investing and encouraging young people to own their future economic success in the 21st-century global marketplace by focusing on the impact areas of youth, education and economic development.
JAE Offerings:
In Schools Programmes
- Financial Literacy
- Entrepreneurship programme
- Job Shadow Program
Out of School Programme: Business Development
The Business Development Services department focuses on capacity building of out of school youth, which involves entrepreneurship training, mentorship and coaching and business support services.
- Current projects
- In partnership with the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC), JA Eswatini is implementing the Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) program targeting 30 unemployed young people under Mhlume Inkhundla. This program has a seed capital of E100 000 to be shared by the best three businesses.
- JA also partnered with MTN Eswatini to train completing vocational students at the Eswatini Skills Centres with entrepreneurship skills. The best five students will receive a start up kit worth E10 000 each.
- JA Eswatini has also partnered Piggs Peak Municipal Council to provide entrepreneurship and business development training program for unemployed young people and women of Piggs Peak who have chosen to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.