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Meet our women entrepreneurs – Aniema, frozen food business owner

Photo credit: Mile91 “If a woman runs a business successfully, it helps her and the family. If a woman gets this training and then puts it into practice, the money she earns with her business will help her to solve so many family problems which helps the nation at large.” Aniema Eden owns Rasa Ventures, […]

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:

Meet our women entrepreneurs – Ijeoma, poultry farmer in Nigeria

Photo credit: Mile91 “If you just sit back and think ‘I know it all, why am I reading all these text messages?’ you will just be on the same level every week, every month, every year. But when you read the text messages and put them into practice, you sky rocket!” Ijeoma Ewurum, a mother […]

Meet our women entrepreneurs – Aniema, frozen food business owner

Meet our women entrepreneurs – Doren, Owner of a water purification business in Nigeria

Photo credit: Mile91 “It is not just enough to start the business without knowing what to do. The service helps women so much by giving them strategies to handle business.” Doren is the owner of a flourishing business in the city of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria, supplying purified water sachets to the […]

Democracy through PeaceOpoly: A Model of Student Workshops

Is democracy possible in developing countries? In a country like Nigeria where post-election violence accompanied every major vote in recent history, many wonder if it’s possible to bring stable, sustainable governance. According to research conducted at the Stanford Hoover Institute, the answer is yes. They explain “even seemingly entrenched regimes could well become democracies […]

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: