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\n Digital Pioneers Award <\/h2>\n

\n Recognizes outstanding innovations led by young pioneers (25-40 years old and with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience<\/em>) or youth-led organizations driving positive change through creative and impactful digital solutions. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Digital Pioneers<\/h2>\n\n
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\n Winner<\/a>\n Runners-up<\/a>\n Finalists<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n \n Youth-led Org<\/span>\n

10x Impact Labs: Enabling Social Impact Organizations with Tech, Data & AI<\/h3>\n

10x Impact Labs \u2014 India<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

AI Mossy (All-Natural Infrastructure Inspired & Grown from Nature)<\/h3>\n

AI Mossy \u2014 Malaysia<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

Building an inclusive digital future for Africa's students<\/h3>\n

Kawallet Tech Uganda \u2014 Uganda<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Government \/ Public<\/span>\n

Child Safe Thursdays – An Anti-OSAEC Campaign<\/h3>\n

Department of Information and Communications Technology Region \u2014 Philippines<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

DeepLeaf: Foundational AI Putting an Expert Agronomist in Every Farmer's Pocket<\/h3>\n

DeepLeaf \u2014 Morocco<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Civil Society \/ NGO<\/span>\n

Defending Women's and Girls' Rights in the Digital Space<\/h3>\n

#StopFisha \/ Digital Rights Feminist Coalition \u2014 France<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Civil Society \/ NGO<\/span>\n

Energizando Juventudes: Visibilizing Honduras's Unelectrified Schools with Open Data<\/h3>\n

Sustenta Honduras \u2014 Honduras<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Youth-led Org<\/span>\n

Enlighten Africa<\/h3>\n

Enlighten Africa \u2014 South Africa<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Private Sector<\/span>\n

From the Steppe to the Frontier of AI: Taking a National Model Global<\/h3>\n

AI Academy Asia \u2014 Mongolia<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Youth-led Org<\/span>\n

Innobid: An AI-Enabled E-Procurement Platform for Inclusive MSME Market Access.<\/h3>\n

Innobid \u2014 Kenya<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

Live Love Recycle<\/h3>\n

Live Love Recycle \u2014 Lebanon<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Youth-led Org<\/span>\n

Oportunidadesinvivo<\/h3>\n

Invivo Lab \u2014 United Kingdom<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

Ramona AI: survivor-informed artificial intelligence protecting job seekers from human trafficking recruitment across Latin America<\/h3>\n

Ramona AI \u2014 Mexico<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Government \/ Public<\/span>\n

Reunite 85000 Vulnerable Children With Their families through a Digital Marketing<\/h3>\n

Punjab Safe Cities Authority \u2014 Pakistan<\/p>\n <\/a>\n \n Start-up<\/span>\n

SAARIA<\/h3>\n

SDM \u2014 Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Jury Members<\/h2>\n\n
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Dunola Oladapo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Youth Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Vitalii Zakhozhyi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Digital Partnerships, Strategic Positioning and Engagement Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Halima Altorabi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior IT and Telecommunications Projects Specialist, Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, Bahrain<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Joshua Ingersoll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, spectrum and regulatory affairs at CesiumAstro<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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