Programs
YTF runs a range of programs for children, teens, and women of all ages in developing nations and low-income communities. Each program uses technology to support education, entrepreneurship, employment, and empowerment that ultimately eliminate poverty and ensure equity for all.
3D Africa
Countries served: Nigeria
Year started: 2015
Using disruptive and emerging technologies like 3D printing to help youth enhance their employability.
3D Printing Academy for Girls
Countries served: U.S.
Year started: 2016
Using innovative technology such as 3D printing keeps girls engaged in STEM through their middle and high school years.
Agric-P.O.W.E.R.
Countries served: Nigeria, Uganda
Year started: 2012
Providing rural female farmers with technology-based agricultural information and improvements.
Mobile Financial Services for Women
Countries served: Nigeria
Year started: 2014
Helping women benefit from the financial services value chain as mobile banking agents and to increase their profits by use of mobile technology.
Peaceopoly
Countries served: Kenya, Nigeria
Year started: 2013
Teaching youth that they can make an impact for peace in their community.
Women Entrepreneurs and Mobile VAS
Countries served: Nigeria
Year started: 2012
Giving women business owners and their female employees access to resources that help them build and expand.
YTF Academy
Countries served: Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda
Year started: 2000
Giving youth the technology and skills they need to realize their full potential.
Partner programs
Africa Code Week
Countries served: Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda
Year we joined: 2015
YTF is an Africa Code Week network partner and implements annual events in this continent-wide initiative aimed at teaching youth to code.
Girls in ICT Day
Countries served: Nigeria, Kenya, Colombia
Year we joined: 2012
An international annual event that inspires girls to pursue education and careers in Information and Communications Technology.
Girls4Tech
Countries served: Kenya,
Nigeria
Year started: 2017
Girls4Tech (a Mastercard-led program) introduces students to STEM-related career paths
through fun, hands-on experiments.
through fun, hands-on experiments.
3D Printing: Freedom from Human Trafficking for African Girls
Countries served: Nigeria
Year started: 2016
Providing 6,000 girls with a new path forward, and escape from the risk of human trafficking, as part of YTF’s Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action.
Code Clubs
Countries served: Kenya
Year started: 2018
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