I must begin by first congratulating you for your two most recent awards. In July this year T4 Education bestowed upon you the prestigious Africa Education Medal and even more recently on October 18, you were honoured with the 2023 TIAW World of Difference Award in Canada.
Please tell us a little about yourself and your background. Who is Simi Nwogugu?
Thank you very much for your kind compliments. I am the President and CEO of Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, a leading NGO who brought JA to Nigeria in 1999, leaving her private-sector job at age 24 to start up operations. Today, JA Nigeria has become one of the strongest offices in Africa, reaching 1 million youth across 36 states. Simi embodies the values of JA, believing in the potential of young people to become change agents for Nigeria’s future.
She went back to Harvard Business School in 2002 but continued serving as a board member, bringing programs from Harvard to JA. Simi returned to JA Nigeria as Executive Director in 2016, building digital and out-of-school youth programs, enabling the organization to reach underserved populations in the North during the Boko Haram crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
She became President and CEO of JA Africa in 2020, expanding operations to 16 African countries by 2023, with a mission to expand to 20 countries by 2025.
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