Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM education among young people across the continent of Africa.

JA Africa is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs. The organization delivers hands-on, immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship, sustainability, STEM, economics, citizenship, ethics, and more.

The airline presented the Delta Social Impact Award at JA Africa’s flagship Company of the Year Competition on Dec. 7-9 in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition is the culmination of a year’s work for young participants from nine countries across Africa. Youth from Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe participated in the event. Their goal was to create and run their own businesses over the past academic year as part of the program.

“As the next generation of business leaders – and global travelers – we work with Junior Achievement across the globe to facilitate education programs for young people,” said Nicolas Ferri, Delta’s V.P. – Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. “We have seen the positive impact of this work here in Africa and look forward to continuing our partnership as we support the next generation to meet their full educational potential and move into meaningful employment.”

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