News Archive

Before Junior Achievement USA CEO Jack Kosakowski retires from the organization after a storied 50-year career, we sat down to reflect on his professional life, what he’s learned, how JA has changed over time, and what’s next.

As an original signatory to MSME Day, JA Worldwide celebrates the young people who are driving the growth of MSMEs around the world, and the peace and inclusive prosperity that are possible when young entrepreneurs have the resources they need to grow their MSMEs.

Junior Achievement USA hosted its 2024 National Student Leadership Summit this week in Washington, D.C., and crowned this year’s JA USA Company of the Year.

Catch up on all the JA alumni news and events from May!

Meet the JA alumni leaders from Asia Pacific who have joined Generation Unlimited’s Global Young People’s Action Team.

In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly declared May 16 “International Day of Living Together in Peace,” a day to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding, and solidarity.

This week, JA Worldwide participated in the “Trust and Human Connection in the Age of AI and Social Networks” symposium from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication and Cortico.

The Social Equity Program (SEP), a joint initiative between JA Worldwide, JA Africa, and Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF), tackles the challenges of youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET), while addressing the issues of social equity, mental health, and sustainable development.

1, 2, 3 Finanzas! explores basic expenses, budgeting, saving, and investing for young people.

Yesterday, the World Economic Forum released a report on the potential for AI to benefit both students and educators, and it includes eight case studies from around the world . . . including one from JA Europe.

Earlier this week, CNBC featured the Junior Achievement–Rocky Mountain Free Enterprise Center on the national Your Money show.

We’re celebrating World Book Day by sharing the news that JA Worldwide CEO Asheesh Advani has written a book with world-renowned executive coach and author Marshall Goldsmith!

JA has embraced AI in education, folding it into learning experiences to prepare youth for the future. Today is National AI Literacy Day in the US, and we’re celebrating by highlighting the ways the JA network uses AI around the world.

Isometricks from JA Greece, students at Experimental Senior High School of the University of Macedonia, have won the 2024 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award.

"Young Voices for a Sustainable Future," a collaborative initiative between BASF and JA Worldwide, integrates students from diverse backgrounds into a global dialogue on sustainable development.

Moldova’s Ministry of Finance and JA Moldova signed a collaboration agreement in March to bring financial education to the nation’s youth.

Find out more about Adnan’s journey to JA.

Meet the new JA Alumni Europe board members connect with them on Gather and LinkedIn.

Ready for community growth, alumni engagement, new alumni chapters, collaboration with JA offices, and more? Join the JA alumni clubhouse.

JA Asia Pacific and FedEx Express held the 17th-annual International Trade Challenge Asia Pacific Finals last month.

JA China celebrated a milestone 30th anniversary in July with its annual Teacher Summit, Company of the Year competition, and special gala dinner.

Under the theme “One Big Network," JA Alumni Europe held its 2023 conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, from August 23–27.

The World’s Best School Prizes are the world’s most prestigious school recognition, and this year, at least seven JA schools have made the shortlist.

On Sunday, our CDO Leo Martellotto will be competing in his biggest triathlon of the year. We sat down with him to talk about the upcoming race.

Earlier this summer, the JA Worldwide Board of Governors welcomed two new board members. We sat down with Zabeen Hirji to find out more about her.

Earlier this summer, the JA Worldwide Board of Governors welcomed two new board members. We sat down with Fahd Jamaleddine to find out more about him.

Chegg.org and the Varkey Foundation announced the top 50 finalists for the 2023 Global Student Prize, and we’re thrilled to share that two of them are JA alumni!

Over six months, Goodwall and JA asked young people around the world to create videos and pitch their ideas to solve issues in their communities.

Last week, JA Asia Pacific and JA Worldwide kicked off the second JA Alumni Leaders Academy in Malaysia.

JA China Chair and President Paul Chou Chao-Bou joined a panel of experts to discuss “New Skills for Fast-Moving Industries.”

TV show 2 Minute Drill invited outstanding JA alumni to pitch their businesses for the chance to win US$50,000.

Hosted by JA Türkiye, hundreds of Europe’s top young entrepreneurs showcased cutting-edge business ideas for JA Europe’s Gen-E 2023.

We’re starting an action-packed week throughout the JA network. Take a look at what has already happened and what’s in store.

Hosted by JA Worldwide, JA Africa, and JA Uganda in collaboration with PMIEF, the three-day intensive boot camp aimed to develop and grow JA alumni networks in the Africa region.

25-year JA veteran wins prestigious education prize: JA Africa CEO Simi Nwogugu has won the Africa Education Medal 2023.

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honor refugees around the globe.

Junior Achievement USA celebrated its 2023 National Student Leadership Summit (NSLS) and Company of the Year competition in Washington, D.C.

We’re pleased to announce the Global Business Hall of Fame 2023 Laureates, who join an immersive, digital exhibit that inspires young people through stories and achievements from a wide range of industries and sectors.

Geneva-based thedotgood has just announced that JA Worldwide remains among the ten most impactful social-good organizations in the world, moving up to the #5 spot.

JA Asia Pacific named its top JA student company today in its first in-person Company of the Year competition (COY) since 2019.

Meet the newly appointed JA Asia Pacific alumni leaders, who will attend the second Alumni Leaders Academy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then go on to lead the JA alumni in their countries.

Meet the ten newly appointed JA Africa alumni leaders, who will attend the first-ever Alumni Leaders Academy in Kampala, Uganda, and then go on to lead the JA alumni in their countries.

Thanks to our global partnership with Verizon, hundreds of its employees are volunteering as mentors and coaches to help 14,000 young people launch successful careers. 

JA and Goodwall’s six-month #Pitch challenge asked participants to share their ideas for a business that could make their communities better.

The Boston Marathon is one month away, and our supporters are back to run the world’s oldest marathon on behalf of JA!

Find all of our JA Live: Youth Voices episodes here in our Season 1 wrap-up.

JA Worldwide partner JCPenney honors Women’s History Month and supports JA with its Hope & Wonder collection.

Meet World’s Best School Prize finalist Gort Community School, one of two JA schools shortlisted for the 2022 prizes.

Learn about YouthVoices.org and the lessons JA Worldwide learned from JA alumni.

We're excited to announce an update to JA Good Company, our thought-leadership magazine.

Meet the winners of the 2023 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award.

We’re proud to announce that JA Worldwide has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, the second such honor in two years.

We’re just days away from the 2023 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award ceremony. As the judges tally up their scores, we’re excited to share the finalists’ videos.

With multiple government partnerships, anniversaries, and awards over the last few months, we have a lot to celebrate in the JA network.

INJAZ Lebanon alumnus Fahd Jamaledine will fill the open seat previously held by JA Bulgaria alumna Elena Tosheva.

In a guest post by our CEO, Asheesh Advani shares notes from this year’s week-long World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

We’re thrilled to announce the fourth cohort of the JA Worldwide Fellows Program.

We're thrilled to announce that JA has been included among the 16 World Economic Forum Education 4.0 Lighthouses.

3DE by Junior Achievement, featured in a new documentary, is revolutionizing traditional education in the United States. Learn more about this high-impact educational model.

Our CEO Asheesh Advani discusses the three skills students will need for the jobs of the future on the WEF blog.

Learn more about Rumie and bytes, which are unique, short learning experiences that make key insights easy to learn and remember.

As 2022 winds down, we’re celebrating a year of impactful partnerships and important milestones.

Visionary leader and longtime JA supporter Frances Hesselbein has passed away at age 107.

The Financial Times published “The A to Z of stylish giving,” which includes our partner Harry Winston and a mention of JA.

JA Africa held the 12th-annual Company of the Year competition this week in Lagos, Nigeria.

JA Americas held its 2022 Company of the Year Competition in Guatemala, the first COY in Central America.

JA Worldwide honored longtime JA supporter William “Bill” Schawbel with the JA Worldwide Legacy of Leadership Award.

Our partner Hivebrite celebrated International Education Week by sharing a few ways Gather connects JA alumni around the world.

Each year, JA partners with GEW to spotlight youth voices, offer inspiring opportunities to our students and alumni, and celebrate the entrepreneurial mindset.

Students from eight countries participated in the first-ever Virtual Global Exchange from BASF and JA.

How four women who never planned to work in marketing created something inspiring with the modernized JA brand.

Hosted by JA Indonesia (Prestasi Junior Indonesia or PJI), this year’s virtual competition brings together 16 JA student companies from eight JA locations across the region.

The UNIDO LKDF Forum 2022, with the theme of "Skills for Resilience: Are We Ready for a Skills Revolution?" opened this morning, and our COO Caroline Jenner took the stage.

There’s always so much happening in the six JA regions that it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from September and October.

We’re proud to announce our ten finalists to the JA alumni position on our Board of Governors.

One individual and two organizations share this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and the Center for Civil Liberties.

Last month, JA Alumni Europe hosted the first in-person alumni conference since the pandemic. Check it out!

For the first time in UNGA history, the UN Secretary-General convened a Transforming Education Summit to focus on Global Goal 4.

The JA Worldwide Board of Governors is seeking a JA alumni member to join the governing body.

Eveline High School, a JA school in Zimbabwe, is a finalist for the World’s Best School Prize in Innovation.

There’s always so much happening in the six JA regions that it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from last month.

JA Europe and FERD announced the 2022 FERD’s List honorees today at the 2022 JA Alumni Europe Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Last week, JA Asia Pacific and FedEx Express held the International Trade Challenge. Held virtually, this marked the 16th edition of the annual regional competition.

We have more great news from the JA network! Today, Junior Achievement USA announced a US$38.8 million gift from American philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

We’re excited to celebrate International Youth Day 2022 with some very big news: Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF) announced that it will partner with JA Worldwide and JA Africa.

Fast Company just announced its fourth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels.

There’s always so much happening in the six JA regions that it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we’ve compiled some of our favorite stories from each regional operating center from last month.

The start of our 2023 fiscal year kicked off this month, and we’re thrilled to announce new and renewed partnerships.

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Goodwall—a mobile-first platform and community for inspiration, advice, skill-building, and support for young entrepreneurs and aspiring businesspeople.

The first-ever Architas and JA Worldwide Global Innovation Challenge, called “JA’s Got Talent,” invited students to submit their strategies to improve sustainability in their communities.

Today is World Youth Skills Day, a time set aside to celebrate the global need to prepare young people for employment and entrepreneurship.

JA Europe’s Gen-E festival, the largest entrepreneurship event in the region, concluded today with the awards ceremony in Tallinn, Estonia.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Youth Voices! Powered by JA Worldwide, Cortico, MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), and Accenture, Youth Voices is a collection of firsthand experiences from 100+ JA Worldwide students and alumni across 45+ countries.

Hivebrite released a case study on how JA Worldwide uses the platform for Gather, and the impact it has made on our global alumni network