Name: Alma Gashi Age: 15 City/Country of Origin: Ferizaj, Kosovo (UNSC 1244) Project: https://www.facebook.com/ksletssee Alma Gashi is in Grade 10. She has a sweet spot for Artic Monkeys and Coldplay. She also has a natural gift for advocating for young people, which is what prompted her to apply to the second edition of the UPSHIFT… Read more →←
Author: Pilar Lagos
Name: Bujar Dujaka Age: 23 City of Origin: Kodrali, Gjakovë, Kosovo Project/Facebook page: Qendra Kreative Cermjan It took me less than five minutes to realize that Bujar Dujaka is one special young innovator with a bright future ahead. He doesn’t speak English fluently and still agreed to hop on Skype for an interview. He asked his… Read more →←
Name: Scarleth Vasconcelos Villavicencio Age: 21 Scarleth graduated from the American College in Nicaragua, where she studied Renewable Energy Engineering. She is currently working on her final project before graduation, and is collaborating on talks and workshops about entrepreneurialism and renewable energies at the Indian Caribbean… Read more →←
Nombre: Scarleth Vasconcelos Villavicencio Edad: 21 años Egresada de la Universidad American College en Nicaragua, donde estudió Ingeniería en Energías Renovables, Scarleth Vasconcelos está elaborando su proyecto final de titulación y está colaborando con charlas y talleres sobre emprendedurismo y Energías Renovables en… Read more →←
Name: Cynthia Wasonga Occupation: Computer Science student at the University of Nairobi Age: 20 Twitter handle: @cynwasonga Link to website: http://www.learnmine.com/ Cynthia Wasonga’s interest in Computer Science first sparked when she was invited to participate at the Google Code In competition. ‘Google Code In’ is a contest… Read more →←
For UNICEF, academic partnerships bring shared value with universities through the exchange of ideas, capacity building, and opportunities for applied research. There are opportunities to work with universities, from very small, time-bound events, such as being a guest critic in a class, to activities that are more intensive, such as… Read more →←
In the last two decades, the way in which we learn has dramatically changed. Need to polish your social media skills? Join Skillshare and Udemy. Watch a few tutorials from industry experts and rest assured you’ll learn something new. Want to commit to a one-month course? Subscribe to Coursera or Khan Academy and join a class, it’s a… Read more →←
In order to connect the most marginalized populations, the government of India created a nationwide biometric data project to make every citizen count. With the collection of 10 fingerprints, iris scans and demographic information, the biometric ID assigns a person a 12-digit number called the Aadhaar number. According to the World Bank,… Read more →←
Wearable and sensor technology could provide access to 2-way information for people in remote places, but they have yet to be designed for the end-user in developing economies. At UNICEF, we believe in creating wearable technology that isn’t just nice to have, but something people need to have. In May 2015, UNICEF, in partnership with… Read more →←
We’ve heard about drone use for delivering commerce faster. Take Amazon’s Prime Air, for instance. It’s a future delivery system which will allow the electronic commerce company to safely deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using UAVs. We are aware of their applications for defense. Now, development agencies have… Read more →←
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