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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 […]

(TechCrunch) Youth For Technology’s 3D Africa Program Wants To Get More Girls Into STEM Subjects

“Non-profit Youth For Technology wants to encourage girls in Africa to get into science and engineering through 3D printing. The group is currently running a flexible funding campaign on Indiegogo and will use the money to help cover the costs of buying equipment for schools. The program, called 3D Africa, has already received a grant from Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech), […]

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

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(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 […]

(BBC) Africa’s mobile boom powers innovation economy

“Lack of widespread broadband internet is one problem; lack of education, training and skills is another. ‘There’s a disconnect between employers and educators – a skills gap,’ says Njideka Harry, president and chief executive of the Youth for Technology Foundation, based in Owerri, Nigeria. ‘We fundamentally believe that technology should be a basic human right […]

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 […]