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Njideka Harry is the founder and chief executive officer at the Youth for Technology Foundation. She is a World Economic Forum Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Fellow.

Early life and education

Harry was born in Ibadan to a Nigerian father and American mother.^[1] When the biafra war broke out, her father won a scholarship to study in the United States.^[2] She studied finance and economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.^[2]^[3] After graduating, she began working for General Electric, working in Florence and Seattle.^[2] Harry began working at Microsoft, where she came up with the idea for Youth for Technology in 2000.^[2] Youth for Technology is a nonprofit that uses technology to improve the lives of young people and women in developing countries.^[4] Harry is particularly worried about the state of African education.^[5]^[6]

Career

Harry launched Youth for Technology Forum in 2001, funded by the Nigerian government Community Investment Fund and the Microsoft Community Affairs Program.^[2] She began a Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship at Stanford University in 2004. She worked alongside Megan Smith.^[2] Harry was invited to join the Community Technology Centers Network, where she would meet her mentors Don Samuelson and Stephen Ronan.^[2] She earned a Master of Business Administration at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.^[2]^[7] She was inspired to extend the Youth for Technology Forum to Colombia.^[2] The Youth for Technology Academy teaches local entrepreneurs the basics of starting and sustaining a business.^[2] In 2007 she partnered with the United Nations Development Programme to launch a program to train women in the Niger Delta.^[2]

In 2011 she was made an Ashoka Fellow.^[8] As a fellow, she developed the Agricultural Platform Offering Women Empowerment Resources (Agric-P.O.W.E.R), which provides rural women farmers with skills and technology that allows them to connect to other farmers and receive up-to-date market information.^[9] It allows farmers and industry to list buy-and-sell offers, partnering with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to lead training on techniques.^[1] She launched the Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs and Mobile Value Added Services in 2012 which provides funding, training and networking opportunities to thousands of young women in 12 African states.^[2] The program is supported by Mastercard.^[2] She partnered with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in 2013. Harry's efforts have reached almost 1.4 million youth and women.^[10]

Harry is passionate about 3D printing.^[11] She launched 3D Africa, an educational program that provides training for unemployed African engineers, in 2015.^[12] The engineers learn skills in computer-aided design and business.^[13] The program was funded by WeTech (Women Enhancing Technology).^[14] Recognising that girls were reluctant to commit to the after school clubs, Harry launched 3D Africa for Girls to teach girls human centred design and production.^[15] She collaborated with the Clinton Foundation in 2016 to launch an initiative providing training to 6,000 girls who are out-of-school in five Nigerian states.^[16] She is collaborating with Nigerian universities to develop maker spaces that allow young entrepreneurs to prototype their ideas.^[17]

Harry is on the advisory board of the council for Women of West Africa and Entrepreneurship and Promoting Readiness in Science and Math.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] She is a World Economic Forum Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Fellow.^[10]^[17]^[22]^[23]^[24]

References

1. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://aimhigherafrica.com/njideka-harrys-quest-to-make-the-state-and-outcome-of-rural-farming-appealing-to-rural-women/|title=NJIDEKA HARRY'S QUEST TO MAKE THE STATE AND OUTCOME OF RURAL FARMING APPEALING TO RURAL WOMEN {{!}} Aim Higher Africa|website=aimhigherafrica.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-06}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²{{Cite journal|last=Harry|first=Njideka|date=2015|title=Pioneering the Youth and Technology Movement in Africa and Beyond (Case Narrative)|url=https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/inov_a_00230|journal=Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization|language=en|volume=10|issue=1-2|pages=61–73|doi=10.1162/inov_a_00230|issn=1558-2477|via=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/student-reporter/youth-for-technology-foun_b_3050149.html|title=Youth for Technology Foundation: Reinvigorating Rural Communities through Reverse Migration & Youth Empowerment|last=Journo|first=Pro|date=2013-04-15|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-06}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.mastercard.com/mea/people/njidekaharry/|title=President and CEO of Youth for Technology Foundation|website=newsroom.mastercard.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-06}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.youthfortechnology.org/qa-60-seconds-with-njideka-harry/|title=Q&A: 60 seconds with Njideka Harry - Youth for Technology Foundation|date=2015-07-31|work=Youth for Technology Foundation|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en-US}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-28061813|title=Africa mobile boom powers innovation|last=Wall|first=Matthew|date=2014-07-01|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en-GB}}
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10. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://www.schwabfound.org/content/njideka-harry|title=Njideka Harry {{!}} Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship|website=www.schwabfound.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-06}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://venturesafrica.com/interview-with-njideka-harry-of-ytf/|title=YTF Founder, Njideka Harry, talks inclusivity and entrepreurship in tech|date=2016-12-30|work=Ventures Africa|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en-US}}
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17. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/africa-young-tech-leaders-innovating/|title=Africa's inspiring innovators show what the future could hold|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-08-06}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/njideka-harry|title=Njideka Harry|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2018-08-06}}
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22. ^{{Citation|last=World Economic Forum|title=Njideka Harry {{!}} Equipping youth with digital knowledge and skills for employment|date=2017-05-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkDx-QRTk6Q|access-date=2018-08-06}}
23. ^{{Citation|last=World Economic Forum|title=Njideka Harry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) at #af15|date=2015-06-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yESv-FcbnQY|access-date=2018-08-06}}
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