USAID supported the establishment of a Junior Achievement International Namibian chapter. Since 2002, Junior Achievement Namibia (JAN) has implemented its program in conjunction with several high schools, a university, and vocational training centers in the country. Participants, both students and out-of-school youth, spend up to fifteen weeks developing their business with the guidance of school teachers and volunteers.

The students form a company and agree upon a product or service to offer. The students together raises adequate capital for a business start up, develop and market the product, and wisely manage their human and capital resources. Finally, the company is liquidated and, if all has gone well, dividends are distributed. With capital raised from shareholders, students have produced and marketed picture frames, t-shirts, candles, and gift packages of chocolate, as well as provided services such as hair dressing and small snack shops at their schools.