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Athens, Greece, July 3, 2025 – The heart of European youth entrepreneurship beat in Athens this July as Junior Achievement Greece successfully hosted the Gen-E 2025 Festival, Europe’s largest celebration

Brussels, 10 June 2025. JA Europe is proud to announce the 10 winners of The Entrepreneurial School Awards (TES Awards) 2025. These outstanding schools are being recognised for their remarkable

The latest national winners from JA Czech Republic have been announced, showcasing the exceptional talent and innovative spirit of young entrepreneurs across the country. Upper-secondary Team: PrismaticaPrismatica, a student company

The student company ‘PflanzLicht’ from the Peter-Joseph-Lenné Comprehensive School in Potsdam won the JA Germany National Final today against 12 strong teams. PflanzLicht has thus secured the coveted ticket to

JA Montenegro is proud to announce that Woolish, a student team from High School “Danilo Kiš”, Budva, and EngineClip, a startup team from the University of Donja Gorica, have been

Over the past three days, Serbia’s brightest young entrepreneurs gathered for the National Student Company Competition, showcasing their innovative ideas and business acumen. After an inspiring and closely contested event,

GreenChain, from SEK-Ciudalcampo School (Madrid), and Link3rs, from the University of Barcelona, will represent Spain at GEN-E 2025. About GreenChain Level: Upper Secondary level The GreenChain team, from SEK-Ciudalcampo School

KIWOKO has created a unique activity book for children that playfully combines cooking, reading, and learning. Their mission is to reduce screentime for kids and foster meaningful exchange between generations.

Junior Achievement Bulgaria proudly celebrates the remarkable journey of the student company Green Filters, led by Aleksandra Sivova from Prof. Ivan Apostolov Private English Language Secondary School in Sofia. Their

Short for “Ons Konscht” (“Our Art” in Luxembourgish), ONSKO is a cultural platform that supports and showcases local artistic talent. By offering a space where amateur and professional artists can

EcoWrap Solutions, a student team from The Netherlands Hogeschool Inholland Alkmaar, has been named the national winner of the JA Company Program in The Netherlands and will represent the country

SilverSprings from Arben Broci High School in Tirana, Albania, is the champion of Student Company of 2025! SilverSprings presents an innovative and sustainable business model that addresses one of the

We are proud to announce that Stick-Friend, a student team from Svalyava Vocational College, has been named the national winner of the JA Company Program in Ukraine and will represent

Over 2,000 JA high school and university student “startups” will present their ideas at the Gen-E 2025 Virtual Expo and will compete for a place at the Athens Final. Athens

Slovenian Company of the year 2025 is Sound & Round (Upper secondary)! They are a student company from Slovenia that produces wooden phone amplifiers. Their amplifiers are made from wood

WaterLoop from Magoula General High School is the big winner and will represent JA Greece at the JA Europe Gen-E 2025, the largest European Entrepreneurship Festival for youth, which will

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the National Competition organised on 07.05.2025 in Skopje is Playful Pages from OSU Jovce Teslichkov in Veles. With a heartfelt mission

Latvia’s top young entrepreneurs have been chosen! Student company Blum triumphed at the JA Latvia national finals, earning the honor of representing the country at Gen-E 2025. Their innovative thinking

On April 29th the team VerifyID from the school Handelsgymnasiet Vestfyn won the National Company of the Year Competition and will now represent Denmark at Gen-E 2025 in Athens. VerifyID

JA Cyprus successfully hosted the 12th Annual Finale and Awards Ceremony of the “Company of the Year 2025” competition on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The title of “Company of the

Hungary has selected its brightest young entrepreneurs to represent the nation at Europe’s largest entrepreneurship festival, Gen-E 2025. On Monday, the country’s National Final took place, culminating in the victory

At the National Final, held in Helsinki on April 23–24, 2025, Finland selected its top student companies to compete at the Gen-E European Entrepreneurship Championships in Athens this July. The

Irish Students from a small Gaeltacht town join the list of European students heading to Greece for the JA Europe Company of the Year Finals in July. FORBACHA, CO. GALWAY

MedschoolPal revolutionises mental health support for medical students through AI-driven solutions. Their app offers personalized mental health guidance, smart scheduling, and smartwatch integration to detect stress and provide real-time interventions.

Congratulations to ArthEsy from Isle of Man who have been named HSBC Student Company of the Year! ArthEsy impressed the judges with their winning business idea to develop a range

Exciting news for aspiring young entrepreneurs! The Gen-E platform has officially opened the gates for JA students to start building their virtual expo stands for the highly anticipated Gen-E 2025

In July, the heart of European student and youth entrepreneurship will beat in Athens as Junior Achievement Greece will host for the first time the largest Festival & Competition of

13 November, 2024 JA Europe, JA Africa and EIT Food are proud to announce the winners of Foodathon 2024, an event uniting African and European students to address global agri-food

Gen-E 2024 European Entrepreneurship Festival winners announced in Catania, Italy [Catania, 4 July 2024] On 4 July, Europe’s largest Festival of Youth Entrepreneurship #Gen_E wrapped up in Catania with a

Team Devecol from Slovakia wins Re-Power Your Future Award by UniCredit Foundation at Gen-E 2024 in Catania, Sicily Catania, 5 July 2024 Twelve students from a secondary technical school in

“We are an Isle of Man based company with the aim of instilling confidence and increasing inclusivity within the visually impaired community. Our product, the SensoGuard smart glove, along with

JA Europe and Intel are proud to announce the winners of The Entrepreneurial School Awards 2024. The winning schools are recognized for their exceptional commitment to entrepreneurship education at primary

Send by Bus, from SAFA Écija (Seville), and Solaris Vita, from the Carlos III University of Madrid, will represent Spain at GEN-E 2024. Send by Bus is an app that

Student company Fortfull Group from Ogre Technical School has won the right to represent Latvia at the #GEN-E Europe competition in Italy. The students have created a socially responsible product

JA Estonia is excited to announce that Italian hot weather at GEN-E festival will be cooled down by ZeroBath. Five young gentlemen have put a lot of effort into product

On May 17th Lithuania had selected the best student company of the year. Out of the 55 best student companies from all around the country, and at least four strong

On May 11th, JA Malta held its 35th Finals and Awards Night at the University of Malta, celebrating innovation from 11 education institutions. ReMind from Verdala International School won Company

Imagine an ally in your pocket, ever vigilant against noncommunicable diseases that claim millions of lives annually. Meet ‘PREVENTA’, your personalized healthcare app. It tracks, analyzes and alerts you about

JA Greece is very excited to be represented at GEN-E this year in Catania by “Let’s Go”, an exceptional team from the Special High School and Lyceum for the Deaf

The National Competition in JA Georgia for the Company Programme was completed on the 24th of May. The team that will represent JA Georgia in Gen-E 2024 is DIDOSTATY. Student

On May 17th, 55 Lithuanian student companies gathered at the National eXpo. This event showcased the best student companies of the year, out of nearly 900 launched in Lithuania. 100

The National Competition in JA Ukraine for the Company Programme was completed on the 17th of May. The team that will represent JA Ukraine in Gen-E 2024 is Feel Touch.

Therma Tread Elite is the national winner of Young Enterprise and they will present their business in Catania, Sicily during the Gen-E 2023 Entrepreneurship Festival! Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thermatreadelite/about/ https://www.instagram.com/thermatreadelite/?hl=en

Slovenian national winners for Company of the year 2024 (Upper secondary) is a mini company AO wood design d.d. School: Šolski center Škofja Loka, Srednja šola za lesarstvo. Social media:

The National Competition in JA Denmark for the Company Programme has been completed on May 2nd at the Danish Confederation of Industry. The team that will represent Denmark at Gen-E

The National Competition in JA Cyprus for the Company Programme has been completed on the 26th of April. The team that will represent JA Cyprus in Gen-E 2024 is team

The winner of the national competition organized by Junior Achievement Macedonia is “ChocoProbio” from Prilep. The students impressed the jury with their product “Chocolate with probiotics”. Their chocolate consists of

Hunajaheput NYT will represent JA Finland at the Gen-E 2024 European Entrepreneurship Festival and final competition in Catania in July! The company sells honey and various products made from its

The best student company of the year 2024 in Slovakia is Devecol, and the whole student team is getting a ticket to the GEN-E Company of the Year Competition. They

Founded in 2021 by tech-legend Ralph de la Vega, former President and CEO of AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, the De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award is the highest global

INCARe is the big winner of the XVII National Competition of the Start Up Programme and will represent Portugal at #Gen_E 24, an opportunity offered by the Galp Foundation. The

Is entrepreneurship destination in your wish list for 2024? For this reason, a must-participate festival should be the International Student Companies eXpo in Kaunas (Lithuania) on the 26th-28th of March,

International Student Company Festival of JA Latvia, which takes place in Riga, is an internationally well known event for the student company programme participants. 📈100 student companies |✈️ International enviroment,

The student Mini Company Isometricks of JA Greece, which operates at the Experimental Senior High School of University of Macedonia was announced as the JA Europe Company of the Year

As the world’s leaders are gathered in Dubai for #COP28 and discussing ways to address the climate crisis, we wanted to showcase the contributions young people are bringing to the table to