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Celebrating International Day of Women – Our Story

We’re celebrating International Day of Women this week! We’re committed to empowering women, and here’s our story… Please follow and like us:

YTF Contributes to Global Mobile Learning Conversation in Paris

YTF Contributes to Global Mobile Learning Conversation in Paris Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) will be at the Mobile Learning Week in Paris the week of February 23 to discuss and exhibit YTF’s work with mobile technologies. This gathering is UNESCO’s flagship information and communications technology (ICT) in education event, with a theme […]

YTF’s President & CEO is at the World Economic Forum Meetings – Jan 21- Jan 25

YTF President, Njideka Harry, will join world leaders, around the globe at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015 to contribute expertise on some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting convenes global leaders from across business, government, international organizations, academia and civil society in Davos for strategic dialogues that […]

YTF wins seed grant from Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech)

3D Printing. Girls. Africa The Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) received confirmation in December of a grant from Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech), in partnership with Google, for 3D Africa. With this funding, YTF will operate a prototyping and engineering space with 3D printing technologies to ignite a passion for STEM in Nigerian girls. 3D Africa combines programming and entrepreneurship; […]

3D Africa Indiegogo campaign is now live

We’re happy to announce our 3D Africa Indiegogo campaign. Please follow and like us:

YTF 2014 Year In Review

We are so thankful for our supporters who help us do work that matters… happy holidays. Please follow and like us:

(Kellogg Magazine) The Tech Evangelist

“Njideka Harry ’12 sat in the college classroom, feeling lost. It wasn’t the class load; it was that the other students had something she lacked: the knowledge to use a computer. The year was 1993 and Harry, a Nigerian native who had recently moved to the United States, had no experience with technology.” Our founder […]

YTF will be at the Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship (WoWe) Conference

Lagos, June 26 – 27, 2014. YTF will attend the Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship Conference where YTF’s President and CEO, Njideka Harry, will moderate a panel discussion: “Social entrepreneurship journey – Increasing prosperity in West Africa”. Key points included in this discussion will be: Social entrepreneurship as a key to economic growth Creating a […]

YTF Invited as Speaker/Delegate at Africa Rising 2014

Liverpool, U.K., June 10-12, 2014. YTF’s President and CEO, Njideka Harry attended Africa Rising 2014, a conference showcasing the growing African market place, in Liverpool last week. Harry spoke on a panel, “Next steps to connect Africa: New trends in technology for market entry”. In this session, she shared a global view on equipping youth […]

YTF youth social ventures program participants

YTF Launches Youth Social Venture Program with Support of NIU

This month, the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) received a generous donation from the Northern Illinois University’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship to launch an online youth entrepreneurship and mentorship platform, made possible by Dennis and Stacey Barsema. The Competition The funds will support Project 3E (Education, Environment, and Entrepreneurship), and will cover program operation needs, […]