Five Years On – Jumpstart Academy Africa Annual Report 2018 – 2019
2018 – 2019 has been an amazing Academic year with incredible highlights. We are pleased to share these highlights with you in our Annual Report! Read Full Report Here
Jumpstart Academy Africa appoints a new Executive Director and Country Director
It is our pleasure to announce the appointment of Bih-Neh Nsoh Estella Jifon as the new Executive Director of Jumpstart Academy Africa. Estella has been with Jumpstart Academy Africa since its creation in 2013 and has served as Program Manager and Country Director for Cameroon respectively. We are excited at the wealth of experience
Jumpstart Academy Africa wins CEMEX-TEC Award 2019
CEMEX-TEC AND ASHOKA have partnered to recognize projects around the world that are generating a systemic change. We are pleased to announce that Jumpstart Academy Africa won the CEMEX-TEC 2019 Award. We were selected as one of 30 winners out of 1493 projects globally. Read the official announcement
My Grace Hopper Celebration Experience
This year 2019, I was privileged to be a recipient of the GHC student scholarship. I was in Orlando, Florida from the 1-4th of October for the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Conference. At GHC, I got access to career and academic workshops, networking opportunities, and memories that will last for a
Launch of My Story Series
We are very excited and happy to launch the “My Story Series”, to bring to you the stories of our Scholars. At JumpStart, we encourage our Scholars to each be the author of their unique stories. Want to know what our Scholars have been up to? Stay with us as we launch this unique series,
Jumpstart Academy Africa’s First College Graduates!
Since starting operations in Cameroon in 2014, we have been working tirelessly to improve the quality of, and access to,education and skills training which prepares young people to succeed. We are pleased to announce that a few months ago, some of the young people from our inaugural class graduated from college. We are incredibly proud
We have kicked off our activities in Togo!
We are excited to announce that we have officially launched our activities in Togo. This year, we expanded our activities to Togo. We had our first classes in Hedjegan where we welcomed a group of hardworking and enthusiastic students. We will be providing them with the 21st-century skills which will enable them to stand
International Day of the Girl Child
Today, we celebrate the girl child. The theme for this year’s celebration is With Her: A Skilled GirlForce Since 2014, we have been providing Entrepreneurial Leadership Training (ELT) to young people between the ages of 13 and 19. Over 65% of our students are girls. We ensure that our female scholars enter the job market with
Our Founder is a UN Young Leader for the SDGs
We are excited to announce that our President and Founder Madelle Kangha has been selected as a UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals. She is one of the 17 leaders selected from over 8046 applicants from 184 countries, due to her outstanding leadership and contribution towards a sustainable world. For the next two years, she
The Year in Retrospect: 2017 – 2018 Annual Report
As we are gearing up to welcome our next batch of scholars and kicking off the new academic year in Cameroon and Togo, we would like to present to you our Annual Report for the previous year. In this report, you will find all our highlights and our accomplishments during the year. Read more in