Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Comic Relief Tech4Good for Africa Award
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zuaDNcc48U In Malawi, crowded, poorly equipped classrooms and a desperate shortage of teachers mean that even the best educators struggle to deliver engaging lessons. Only 35% of children complete...
Rafiqi
BT Connected Society Award
Rafiqi is an online platform leveraging artificial intelligence to match refugees to opportunities that will accelerate their integration. The creator, an immigrant from the Middle East who moved to Europe...
Amandla.mobi
Comic Relief Tech4Good for Africa Award
https://youtu.be/Z-MYfNuP9n4 Amandla.mobi uses cell phones in South Africa to enable those most affected by poverty to set up campaigns on issues that affect them and hold decision makers to account....
Richard Rankin
Digital Volunteer of the Year Award
Previously an IT consultant, Richard began volunteering with RNIB after looking for something to give back to the community in his retirement. In his role as a Technology Volunteer for...
Gather
Comic Relief Tech4Good for Africa Award
https://youtu.be/zqTpHL3uypA Gather launched in 2016 to bring people and data together to solve the urban sanitation crisis. Statistics show that by 2030, three billion people will be living in cities...
Ann Crago
Digital Volunteer of the Year Award
Ann has been a Digital Champion Volunteer at Sutton Women’s Centre and Stoneleigh Job Club since she retired in 2012. She runs two weekly computer sessions supporting over 20...
Maggie Philbin OBE
Tech4Good Special Award
Maggie Philbin OBE, star of the BBC’s legendary technology show ‘Tomorrow’s World’ was the worthy recipient of our Special Award for her contribution to technology.
Bra With Benefits
BT Young Pioneer Award
Bra with Benefits is a cancer-detecting bra, designed to identify early stage cancer before any outward signs are visible. The hi-tech bra was designed by fifteen-year-old Alexandria Gyford for the TeenTech...
FabFarm!
Digital Skills Award
FabFarm! is a digital aquaponic farm that is designed, built and operated as a social enterprise by disabled students in Derry, N.Ireland. Developed by the Nerve Centre, FabLab, it uses...
Atticus Link
BT Connected Society Award
Atticus Link is an innovative web app that improves access to legal advice and fosters the communication between various non-for-profit advice provider to streamline an uneven system. Joseph Huang, Justin...
