June 9, 2013 – Youth for Technology Foundation

Day: June 9, 2013

YTF recognized with the 2012 online volunteer team of the year award

Originally posted on 11/19/2012 In recognition of your dedication and commitment to volunteering for peace and development, the YTF online volunteer team has been selected as one of the winners of the UNV Online Volunteering Award 2012. This award was made in acknowledgement of the teamwork put forth by 3 YTF volunteers; Lina Klemkaite, Dominique Torres and […]

YTF Launches Women Entrepreneurs & Mobile Technology Program

Originally posted on 8/24/2012 In efforts to create sustainable livelihoods for communities as a whole, Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) launched theWomen Entrepreneurs and Mobile Technology program in partnership with U.K. based Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The program will address the business challenges of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria with a special emphasis on women in the Niger Delta […]

YTF at Kellogg School of Management Africa Business Conference

Originally posted on 4/14/2012 YTF’s Founder, Njideka Harry, spoke before a crowd of over 200 in attendance on the human capital panel at the 3rd annual Kellogg Africa Business Conference. Seeking strategic action plans to further enliven Africa’s growth, conference leaders, attendees and presenters embraced the event’s pragmatic theme – “Unlocking Africa’s Potential: Defining the […]

Njideka Harry Named Ashoka Fellow

Originally posted on 3/21/2012 Njideka Harry, founder of Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), was recently named an Ashoka Fellow. This honor highlights YTF’s social enterprise program, Agricultural Platform Offering Women Empowerment Resources (Agric-P.O.W.E.R.). Agric-P.O.W.E.R employs area youth as agricultural information workers, delivering resources and technology to rural women farmers. Agric-P.O.W.E.R. creates a distribution network to […]

Meet Our Volunteers…Devin at Lightning Development

Originally posted on 4/1/2012 Background: Lightning Development is a group of high school students who developed an app — a paid-for game — with all proceeds going to Youth for Technology. You can read more about the student’s here. Can you tell me, in a very broad sense, about your interest in technology? Technology is […]

Youth for Technology Foundation Receives Google RISE Award

Originally posted on 2/20/2011 This week Google announced Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) as a recipient of the Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) award, which aims to promote and support Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Computer Science (CS) education initiatives. YTF received this award as part of their efforts to create learning communities in sub-Saharan Africa […]

YTF Honored with Microsoft Alumni Member’s Choice Award

Originally posted on 11/20/2011 The Microsoft Alumni Foundation honored the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) last week with the 2011 Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellows Member’s Choice Award. Recipients of this award are nominated and voted on by current and former Microsoft employees. This honor was announced at the third annual Microsoft Alumni Foundation Celebration by Jeff Raikes, CEO of […]

Introducing YTF Volunteer… Nathan Janos

An online volunteer for YTF. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT and currently lives in Los Angeles. What is your past experience in volunteering? “I’ve done various tutoring jobs for kids throughout my life really, more in science and math. I have also coached swimming for kids, and I’m […]

Phones For Change

Youth For Technology Foundation (YTF) To Receive Donation of Mobile Phones From Australia Louisville, KY – July 20, 2010 – Youth For Technology Foundation (YTF), an international non-profit organization that promotes entrepreneurship, education and technology in low-income and rural communities in the U.S. and Africa, is about to receive a donation of mobile phones to benefit its Yes, […]

YTF’s Founder Selected as a “Future Leader” of NLI

May 26, 2010 – Njideka Harry, YTF’s Founder, selected as an NLI “Future Leader”. The Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) is a project of the Aspen Global Leadership Initiative. NLI was founded as a credible plaform for highly accomnplished Nigerians in the Diaspora that play a significant role in helping to transform the society. The “Future Leaders” represent a […]