JA Asia Pacific: An NGO Focused on Empowering Youth

Maziar Sabet, President and CEO, JA Asia Pacific

29-Feb-24 15:00

JA Asia Pacific: An NGO Focused on Empowering Youth

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Junior Achievement (JA) Asia Pacific - an arm of JA Worldwide – is an Non-Profit focused on empowering youth through education, financial literacy and entrepreneurship programmes to get young people ready for the future.

We speak to Maziar Sabet, President and CEO of JA Asia Pacific on the NGO and their upcoming Company of the Year competition.

Image credit: JA Asia Pacific

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories: entrepreneurs, personal development

Tags: JA Asia Pacific, the bigger picture, live and learn, entrepreneurship, young entrepreneurs, ngo,

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