JA Africa, headquartered in Accra, operates in 13 African countries and reaches more than 300,000 youth each year with programs which equip youth with the skillset and mindset to build thriving communities. Through this collaboration, Global Citizen is bringing JA Africa’s work into the limelight, and inspiring those who can make things happen to support the achievement of the common goals of both organizations.

The overarching goal of the Global Citizen Festival is to call on leaders to:

• Invest in the future of girls as the key to ending extreme poverty.
• Close the climate finance gap, and deliver on the promises made in the Paris Agreement.
• Alleviate the global food crisis, by uplifting smallholder farmers across Africa; and
• Relieve the massive debts that are unjustly crushing economies, because our collective future depends on it.

“We are grateful to Global Citizen for the support and we’re excited about what we can accomplish through this partnership. Youth engagement and involvement in actions to alleviate social issues is critical and this is an important platform for us as it gives us the opportunity to throw more light on our efforts to significantly increase youth engagement in resolving these issues especially climate change”, said JA Africa’s CEO, Simi Nwogugu. She added, “We invite all Global Citizens to support JA Africa’s Climate Changemakers Fellowship program which will empower Ghana’s youth to establish innovative solutions to climate-induced business and community-related problems.”

Tickets to the Global Citizen Festival: Accra    can be earned by downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting https://glblctzn.me/juniorachievementafrica to take action on the campaign’s issues. For each action taken, users earn points that can be redeemed for tickets to the festival. Global Citizens can also make a donation to support JA Africa’s Climate Changemakers Fellowship program here.