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The View From Davos: Social Innovation in 2014

(Beginning at the 11:30 mark), Listen to our President and CEO talk about youth, communities and how disruptive technologies can provide opportunities for young people. Please follow and like us:

YTF at the World Economic Forum: Sharing Ideas & Experiences with Global Leaders

Switzerland, January 20, 2014 – Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) Founder and Chief Executive Njideka Harry will participate in two key discussions this week at the 2014 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, highlighting pillars of YTF’s work – opportunities for youth and social entrepreneurship – to thought leaders and changemakers from across the world. Harry […]

Distribution of Digital Wealth – Dalian, China

YTF was invited to attend the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions “Summer Davos” this year in Dalian, China. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Meeting the Innovation Imperative”. The meeting has become the premier gathering in Asia of leaders of multinational corporations, governments and the communities of the New Champions, comprising […]

Youth Entrepreneurship — a Pivotal Engine of Growth and Sustainable Development

Africa has an unprecedented opportunity to invest in its youth, the continent’s largest population, if it wants to create a future for herself. Timing is critical to harness the demographic dividend the “youth bulge” brings. There is, however, only a small window of opportunity. Read the rest on Huffington Post Please follow and like us:

Microsoft Alumni, Including YTF Founder Njideka Harry, Recognized for Extraordinary Leadership in Philanthropy

Microsoft Alumni Foundation Announces 21 Nominees for the 2013 Integral Fellows Awards Bellevue, Wash. — September 1, 2013 — The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced 21 nominees for its fifth annual Integral Fellows Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards Microsoft Corp. alumni for their nonprofit and philanthropic efforts. Each nominee represents a nonprofit organization […]

Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) at the World Economic Forum.

Join YTF’s Founding Executive Director, Njideka Harry, as she reflects on her trip to the 2013 World Economic Forum in Capetown, South Africa. Last month, YTF was recognized at the World Economic Forum (WEF) as I humbly received the award for “Social Entrepreneur of the Year”. As my first time attending and being a part […]

PeaceOpoly – Youth and Civic Responsibility

After about 18 months of incredibly hard work, we are so pleased to announce that YTF’s game for peace, PeaceOpoly, is now live and playable online and on Facebook. PeaceOpoly is an interactive, online social strategy game designed to educate and engage youth in the democratic process while immersing them in real life situations where […]

International Girls in ICT Day

Girls represent an untapped resource and a hope for the future. Equipping girls with information and communications technology (ICT) can transform a nation by improving quality of life, serving as a tool for skill acquisition and job creation, and mobilizing public-private partnerships. International Girls in ICT day was established to empower and encourage girls and […]

LAN Cargo donates technology hardware to YTF in recognition of YTF’s expansion into Latin America

March 2013 – LAN Cargo, a Latin American freight transport company inMiami, Florida, gave the largest technology hardware donation to date forYouth for Technology Foundation’s (YTF) community technology centers. LANCargo’s commitment to donate 400 laptops or desktops in 2013 to YTF kickedoff this month with the first batch of 60 laptops. YTF will refurbish the […]

YTF Founder Awarded Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award

February 15, 2013 — The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship announced today the 2013 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year, a list that this year includes and recognizes Njideka Harry, Founder of the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF). The Schwab Foundation, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, selects recipients for this honor based on three […]