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Haben Girma

Haben Girma is a disability rights lawyer, author and public speaker advancing disability justice. In 2013 she became the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, since when … Read more

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Dr Sue Black, OBE

A technology Evangelist and Digital Skills Expert, Dr Sue Black was awarded an OBE for “services to technology” in the 2016 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. As well as creating … Read more

Lewis Hine receiving his Tech4Good Special Award

Lewis Hine, Friend Finder Offical

We’re proud to say that the winner of this year’s Tech4Good Special Award is Lewis Hine – a social media phenomenon, a tireless disability rights campaigner and recently published the … Read more

Image of Maggie Philbin OBE receiving the Tech4Good Awards Special Award

Maggie Philbin OBE

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZYKyTn_18

Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales won the Tech4Good Special Award, for inspiring others to use technology for good. Wikipedia is a not for profit project written and edited by millions of … Read more

Tech4Good Special Award 2014, Jimmy Wales

The Winner of the Tech4Good Awards Judges’ Award 2014 is Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the world’s largest encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the 5th most popular website on the planet. It … Read more

Professor Stephen Hawking in space

Professor Stephen Hawking

Professor Hawking has transformed our understanding of the universe and is a perfect example of the power of technology to transform people’s lives.

Dame Steve Shirley – a lifetime of using technology for good

Arriving as a refugee from Nazi Germany at the start of the Second World War Dame Stephanie Shirley’s early hardship was a spur to an amazingly successful career in IT. Having … Read more

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