IE Foundation and Junior Achievement Africa signed an MOU last December 6th in Accra, Ghana, to empower young entrepreneurs in the continent.
The signing took place on the occasion of Junior Achievement Africa’s 2019 Company of the Year competition which featured Geoffroy Gérard, Managing Director of IE Foundation as part of the jury. The competition brought together forty four high school students, with their business proposals, from 11 countries in Africa. The judge panel comprised experts from companies such as Delta Airlines, Fedex, African Leadership Academy, Tomorrow Foundation, Coca Cola Bottling Company, Citi Foundation, LawTrust or Kosmos Energy among others.