Category: blogposts
Our Founder selected to join the inaugural Elevate Prize Judging Panel
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3D Africa at NUESA National Conference
Youth for Technology Foundation’s 3D Africa program hosted a hands-on exhibition of 3D printing technology during the Nigerian Universities of Engineering Students’ Association (NUESA) national conference at Nile University on September 18th, 2019. 383 engineering students were in attendance at the NUSEA Conference. Our 3D Africa mentors demonstrated Fusion 360 to the383 engineering students were […]
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Bringing STEM to the doorsteps of the underdeveloped communities in Africa
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Coding is the New Language
Fifty percent of children in their early childhood years have a phobia for mathematics, which precludes students who may otherwise have developed a keen interest in STEM. I did not love mathematics because of that general apathy towards it in my childhood. I became enthusiastic in calculations when my primary school introduced Abacus to us […]
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Transforming Education – International Youth Day 2019
Every August 12th, we celebrate International Youth Day to raise awareness of the potential that young people have to bring change to the world while also celebrating the enthusiasm, creativity, and energy of youth. Young people are an untapped reservoir of talent, and we at Youth for Technology Foundation believe it is essential to give […]
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Aminah On the Move
Meet Aminah We first met Aminah Rufai during the HackForGood 2018 competition at the University of Lagos. She is a graduate of the University of Benin with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and has also earned a master of science in biomedical engineering degree from the University of Lagos. During HackForGood 2018, Amina was […]
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HackForGood 2019
Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) is proud to announce that Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) will be the academic host for HackForGood 2019 design and prototyping challenge. 3D Africa will be bringing HackForGood to the FUTA campus in Azure from October 17th through the 19th. Since 1981, FUTA has been among Nigeria’s top-ranked universities. In 2019, FUTA’s […]
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Unlocking Talent, Creating Opportunity
The potential for economic and technological growth in Africa is clear, yet many African countries still face challenges related to security, infrastructure and education, to name a few. Nevertheless, African youth continue to forge paths towards sustainability for themselves and for their families through entrepreneurship. Today, Africa represents the fastest growing region for entrepreneurship in […]
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YTF Kenya Team Participates in TechFugees Hackathon
The YTF Kenya team developed innovative solutions towards health issues at the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Last month, the YTF Kenya team was selected to participate in the first ever TechFugees Hackathon in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was organized by TechFugees, an international non-profit coordinating the international tech community’s response to the needs of refugees, asylum […]
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