JA Africa says each dollar they put into helping kids gets back more than 20 bucks for the economy, and they just wrapped their big student business showdown in Abuja. The org works with teenagers from eight countries across the continent, teaching them how to build actual companies while focusing on climate stuff this year. Simi Nwogugu runs the whole operation, and she mentioned they spend around 20 to 25 dollars per student, depending on what program they're doing.
The competition lets high schoolers pitch their ventures in categories like renewable energy, AI, and fintech. Asheesh Advani from the worldwide branch backed up those wild ROI numbers with research. They reach about 1.5 million young people every year in 23 African countries, and in Nigeria alone, they've already hit 200,000 students.
They're also pushing hard to get at least 5 percent of participants to be young people with disabilities by working with specialist groups to make everything accessible. The winner heads to some global entrepreneurship thing to rep the entire continent.
The competition lets high schoolers pitch their ventures in categories like renewable energy, AI, and fintech. Asheesh Advani from the worldwide branch backed up those wild ROI numbers with research. They reach about 1.5 million young people every year in 23 African countries, and in Nigeria alone, they've already hit 200,000 students.
They're also pushing hard to get at least 5 percent of participants to be young people with disabilities by working with specialist groups to make everything accessible. The winner heads to some global entrepreneurship thing to rep the entire continent.
