JA Austria National Winners Announced: [re]whey
The latest national winner from JA Austria has been announced, showcasing the exceptional talent and innovative spirit of young entrepreneurs across the country. For each kilogram of cheese that is produced approximately 9 kilograms of whey are generated as a waste or by-product. Throw it away? – Not with [re]whey! Through up-cycling and further processing, […]
Celebrating entrepreneurial excellence: 10 schools across Europe honoured in 2025 TES Awards
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 commitment to entrepreneurship education at primary, secondary, and vocational levels, inspiring the next generation of innovators and leaders across Europe. The awards are supported by […]
JA Czech Republic National Winners Announced: Prismatica and Cooltivate
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 from Prague British International School, emerged victorious in the upper-secondary category. Their business was founded as part of the JA Czech Student Company program and […]
PflanzLicht is the Representative for JA Germany at GEN-E 2025!
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 Europe’s largest entrepreneurship festival and student company competition ‘Gen-E 2025’ and will be competing for Germany against student companies from 40 different countries in Athens […]
Woolish and EngineClip to Represent Montenegro at GEN-E 2025!
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 selected as national winners of the GEN-E Montenegro 2025 competition. They will represent Montenegro at GEN-E 2025 in Athens, Greece! Woolish, guided by teacher Pavle […]
T-Buddy from Gymnasium Mladenovac Wins JA Serbia National Student Company Competition
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, they are proud to announce that the team T-Buddy from Gymnasium Mladenovac, guided by teacher Petar Milanović, has been selected as Serbia’s representative for GEN-E […]
GreenChain and Link3rs Will Represent JA Spain in Athens
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 (Madrid), has developed an innovative solution to transform the supply chain in the agricultural sector.Using Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology, their platform aligns agricultural supply […]
KIWOKO Will Represent JA Switzerland in Athens!
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. Follow their journey and support their innovative project that encourages creativity and family bonding. Connect with KIWOKO on social media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Learn more […]
Green Filters: Turning Cigarette Waste into a Vision for a Cleaner Tomorrow
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 innovative approach to environmental sustainability has earned them a place in the finals of Gen-E 2025, Europe’s largest youth entrepreneurship festival, set to take […]
Teams ONSKO & Feel It Will Represent JA Luxembourg in Athens!
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 sell, buy, or rent artworks, ONSKO makes Luxembourgish art more visible and accessible. Rooted in the local community and brought to life through curated events, […]
EcoWrap Solutions & SKID Will Represent JA Netherlands in Athens!
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 at Gen-E 2025 in Athens, Greece. EcoWrap Solutions convinced the judges with a breakthrough innovation that tackles one of the logistics sector’s biggest environmental […]
SilverSprings Will Represent JA Albania in Athens!
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 most pressing global challenges: access to clean and safe drinking water. The team has developed H₂OAlchemy, a groundbreaking mechanism that transforms humidity from the […]
Stick-Friend Will Represent Ukraine at Gen-E 2025!
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 the country at Gen-E 2025 in Athens, Greece. Stick-Friend impressed judges with its smart walking stick — an innovative solution aimed at improving mobility and personal safety for people […]
JA Greece: Europe’s Largest Youth Entrepreneurship Festival Gen-E 2025 Begins Virtually and will Culminate in July in Athens
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 is this year’s Pan-European Center for Student and Youth Entrepreneurship, as it will host more than 800 visitors from 40 European countries in July for […]
Sound & Round Wins Slovenian Company of the Year 2025!
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 and work without electricity. They are using the natural resonance of wood to enhance sound. They focus on elegant design, a practical and stylish alternative […]
WaterLoop, Greek Company of the Year for 2025, Represents JA Greece at Gen-E 2025 in Athens!
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 be hosted for the first time in Greece, in Athens, from July 1–3, 2025. WaterLoop presents a pioneering and sustainable business model that responds to […]
Playful Pages Will Represent North Macedonia at Gen-E 2025 in Athens!
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 to revive forgotten traditional children’s games, this inspiring team is bridging generations through innovation, inclusion, and education. Their creation — the first inclusive picture book […]
Team Blum to Represent Latvia at Gen-E 2025
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 and strong presentation set them apart at the event. Blum has developed a vertical smart hydroponic garden system that enables plants to grow in a […]
VerifyID Represents Denmark at Gen-E 2025 Upper Secondary Level
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 has developed smart age verification solutions for both physical and digital stores and web-shops, making it easy and fast for stores, nightclubs and other businesses […]
JA Cyprus Crowns Team Peellastic as the Company of the Year of 2025!
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 Year” 2025 was awarded to team Peellastic, a student company from Agios Georgios Lyceum Larnaca, consisting of Foteini Rousoudiou, Evangelos Kalampalikas, Joyce Ntatsi, Miltiades Pallikarides, […]
Hungary’s National Final Crowns Indigo as Gen-E 2025 Representative
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 of Indigo, a talented team from Alternatív Közgazdasági Gimnázium in Budapest. Indigo will now take the stage in Athens, Greece, from 1–3 July 2025, joining […]
BioAnglers and TarjousMatch to Represent Finland at Gen-E 2025 in Athens
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 winners of the youth entrepreneurship competition were BioAnglers, focusing on sustainable development and a fishing brand, and TarjousMatch (“BidMatch”), a service for comparing painting contract […]
Irish Students From a Small Gaeltacht Town Head to Gen-E 2025 in Greece!
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 – 10 April 2025 – A team of second level students from the small Gaeltacht district of Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal is preparing to […]
Medschoolpal is the National Winner of JA Cyprus!
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. With gamified features ensuring engagement, MedschoolPal empowers students to stay balanced, productive, and resilient in their demanding journey.
Isle of Man Students Win Top Business Award
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 of tools for people suffering with arthritis. They became aware of the issue after the grandmother of one of the students identified a problem holding […]
JA Students Invited to Build Their Virtual Expo Stands for Gen-E 2025
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 event. This marks the beginning of an innovative journey where creativity meets technology, providing students with a unique opportunity to showcase their entrepreneurial projects on […]
The European “Oscars” of Student Entrepreneurship 2025 by Junior Achievement will be awarded in Greece
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 Youth Entrepreneurship in Europe, JA Europe/Gen-E 2025. From July 1 to 3, 2025, Athens will host more than 1,000 visitors from 40 European countries, with […]
Ten Finalists, One Winner: Foodathon 2024 Drives Food System Solutions
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 challenges. After four weeks of ideation and collaboration, CarbonTrail from Slovakia and Ivory Coast emerged as the champion, impressing the judges with their innovative solution […]
Gen-E 2024 Winners Announced!
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 final Awards Ceremony announcing winners of Europe’s leading competition for the best JA Company and Start Up 2024. We were honoured of the message of […]
European youth elevate their communities through entrepreneurship
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 Bratislava, Slovakia, have been honored with the UniCredit Foundation Re-Power Your Future Award for their impactful business project. Their junior company, Devecol, has successfully developed […]
JA Isle of Man’s Winners for Gen-E 2024 are Announced!
“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 its innovative design, software and elegance is capable of detecting above the belt hazards, currently and most importantly being the world’s first navigation aid equipped […]
JA Europe’s TOP 32 schools: Introducing the winners of The Entrepreneurial School Awards 2024!
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 and secondary levels as well as in vocational education, empowering the generation of innovators and leaders. This year, a total of 32 schools across Europe […]
JA Spain’s Winners for Gen-E 2024 are Announced!
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 converts each city bus stop into a package pickup point. Thanks to the use of AI, customers receive their orders at their preferred bus stop. […]
Fortfull Group From Ogre Technical School Has Won The Right To Rrepresent Latvia
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 – an innovative wristwatch for the visually impaired and people with functional disabilities. The watch has an SOS button with a recording function, a remote […]
Hot Weather at GEN-E Festival Will Be Cooled Down by ZeroBath from JA Estonia
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 development throughout the school year, made several sales and are now ready to introduce high quality ice baths to Europe. Ice baths help to improve […]
“Smartway” from Vilnius Gediminas Technical Engineering Lyceum Will Represent JA Lithuania at Gen-E !
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 leading student companies, “Smartway” from Vilnius Gediminas Technical Engineering Lyceum was announced the winner of the first place. The company, created by 5 boys, had […]
JA Malta’s 35th Finals and Winners!
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 of the Year, and Little Root from St Martin’s Institute of Higher Education won StartUp of the Year. Both will compete at Europe’s #Gen_E festival. […]
Team “PREVENTA” Will Represent JA Cyprus in Catania!
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 your health metrics, utilizing the power of AI. It identifies patterns for early detection and prevention. With seamless integration to your smart devices, it promotes […]
Team “Let’s Go” from the Special High School and Lyceum for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Thessaloniki, represents JA Greece in Catania!
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 and Hard of Hearing of Thessaloniki. Here is how this fantastic team describes their company: “We are Let’s Go. We’re rebuilding joy! A sustainable joyful […]
Team Didostaty Will Represent Georgia In Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival!
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 company offers customers a prosthesis for an amputated hand, which allows a person to regain sensation when touching objects. It has built-in touch and pressure […]
The Best Student Company in Lithuania Sold Its First CO2 Detector One Night Before the Final Event
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 jury members from Lithuanian businesses, universities, and public institutions had an opportunity to interview students’ companies and select the best. By noon, the Top 10 […]
Team Feel Touch will represent Ukraine in Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival
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. Their business idea aims to create a device that will allow people without limbs or with paralyzed limbs to control gadgets. This innovation holds immense […]
Team Therma Tread Elite Will Represent Young Enterprise in Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival!
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
Team AO wood design Will Represent JA Slovenia in Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival!
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: https://www.instagram.com/ao_wood_design/
Team 99 Robotics Will Represent JA Denmark in Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival!
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 2024 is team 99 Robotics from Herningsholm Erhvervsskole og Gymnasier and UCRS. The team 99Robotics’ KlimaRobot is designed to combine biology, tech, AI, and agricultural […]
Team Miguard Will Represent JA Cyprus in Catania at the Gen-E 2024 Festival!
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 Miguard. The team created an innovative mobile application designed to combat school bullying and violence through real-time audio monitoring and analysis. It not only acts […]
“Choco Probio” – The Best JA Student Company Gets Ticket to GEN-E in Italy!
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 a simple recipe made from natural ingredients such as cocoa, butter, and natural sweeteners, which are supplemented with probiotics and vitamin C. In the seventh […]
JA Finland Company of the Year 2024 is Hunajaheput NYT (“Honey Fellows”)
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 own honey. They also offer a “godparent hive” service as part of their activities. According to the jury in national final, their product development was […]
Devecol from JA Slovakia is the National Best Student Company of the Year!
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 won with the product Ecological application for cleaning waste from the nature and urban surroundings. Complete results are published at https://www.firma.jaslovensko.sk/veltrh/ Congratulations to the winner!
Students from JA Greece Win 2024 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award
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 award for the JA Company Program. The winning JA Company of the Year student teams from JA’s six regions—JA Africa, JA Americas, JA Asia Pacific, […]
INCARe Wins the XVII National Competition of the Start Up Programme
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 team from the University of Minho developed a smart and inclusive shopping cart that provides directions to customers with visual impairments. The team will compete […]
International Student Companies eXpo 2024
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, 2024! 😎 As every year, #Kaunastic city, famous for its passion for sports & startup culture, invites student companies from all over the JA Network […]
International Student Company Festival, Riga
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, networking |👩Teachers’ conference |💡Student activities | 🎞Video presantations |🔦Pitching stage | 👀trade fair |🎉award ceremony and after party🤩. Early bird registration is open until February […]
Wizzle Christmas Cards by Isometricks, One of the Winners of Gen-E 2023!
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 2023 and will represent Europe at the of JA Worldwide Final Competition in February 2024. Celebrating its candidacy and hoping for recognition in the Global […]
Foodathon Winners Join Gen-E 2024!
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 support building sustainable #foodsystems. This year, more than 700 students from Africa and Europe joined to shape the future of food. Working together through our online […]