YTF Launches Youth Social Venture Program with Support of NIU

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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, […]

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 […]

The Sun is Free and Inexhaustible

Africa has one of the best climates for solar technology – photovoltaic panels – which convert the sun’s radiation directly into electricity with no pollution or damage to the environment. The panels can generate enough power to run stoves, pump water, light clinics and power televisions. Last month, I witnessed the installation of Solar Panels […]

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:

My Disability Didn’t Stop Me. I am a Woman, a Mother and an Entrepreneur.

Akwa Ibom, Nigeria – September 24, 2013. Today is a big day for the Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs and Mobile Value Added Services program. YTF is providing entrepreneurship and capacity building training to over 400 women entrepreneurs in Akwa Ibom State. These women are drawn from across all the local government areas and own business in the […]

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 […]

Toque de Queda, Youth in Soacha and Why It Matters

In recent days, Colombian farmers have staged a national strike for more than two weeks and this turned violent when thousands of students, truckers, miners and teachers joined the farmers. The government imposed curfew “Toque de queda” and dry law in some areas including Soacha after protests, violence and rioting struck those areas. This […]

Youth, PeaceOpoly and Kenya

Earlier this month, YTF Kenya hosted Dr. Lee Rother, an award-winning teacher, author, consultant and a member of the YTF Board. It was wonderful hearing first hand from Dr. Rother his thoughts on our work in Kenya so far. I spent the first two hours of our meeting bringing him up to speed with where […]