(JAPI) is an e-commerce platform focused on helping cooperatives, businesses, JA student entrepreneurs, alumni and other indigent communities build their brands through this exclusive sales channel. Inspired by Junior Achievement’s advocacy to educate the youth on business and entrepreneurship worldwide, JA MarketPlace PH is established to enable Filipino small to medium enterprises (SMEs), studen
t businesses and budding entrepreneurs kick start their businesses and provide a unique sales channel that supports 100% locally made products. Entrepreneurship, especially in the time of pandemic, has never been as crucial in providing jobs and driving the economy back to its thriving state. JA MarketPlace PH, in support of JAPI’s existing youth entrepreneurship programs, showcases the unique products designed by high school and college students under the Business Skills Pass (BSP) and Mini-Company Programs. JA MarketPlace PH serves as a platform for connectivity to encourage collaboration between the students and budding cooperatives and small businesses. With 80% of the country’s economy driven by SMEs, the e-commerce platform believes in creating a business space that promotes products created and sold by Filipino students and entrepreneurs.
