Junior Achievement Nigeria (JA Nigeria), in partnership with NLNG Cooperative, has completed the JA Be Entrepreneurial programme, empowering 30 young women in the Finima Community, Bonny, Rivers State.

It is designed to equip women with entrepreneurial knowledge and vocational skills to support sustainable livelihoods and economic independence.

According to a statement by JA Nigeria yesterday, the programme, with the theme “Think it. Create it. Own it”, ran from April to May 2026.

The training, it stated, combined hands-on hairstyling with JA Nigeria’s entrepreneurship curriculum.

The statement reads: “The initiative equipped participants with both technical expertise and the business acumen needed to establish and grow successful enterprises.

“Throughout the programme, participants received practical instruction from experienced hairstylists and entrepreneurship facilitators.

“Upon completion, all participants were awarded certificates recognising their successful participation and newly acquired skills.”

Speaking on the programme, the Acting Executive Director, JAN, Olaolu Akogun, said: “At Junior Achievement Nigeria, we believe entrepreneurship is one of the most effective pathways to economic empowerment.

“We are proud to have partnered with NLNG Cooperative to bring the ‘JA Be Entrepreneurial’ programme to the young women of Finima. By focusing on hairstyling, these young women have gained a tangible, marketable skill that serves as a gateway to financial agency.

“Our goal is to move them from dependency to self-sufficiency, empowering them to think it, create it, and own it. We are grateful for NLNG Cooperative’s support in fostering an environment where creativity meets opportunity, and we look forward to seeing these women contribute to the economic growth of their communities and the nation at large.”