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SDG Digital GameChangers Award

Special Category: Pioneers – Unlocking ideas from youth

This award recognizes a young innovator – between the ages of 18 and 29 – or a youth organization that is stepping forward as a trailblazer in their community and beyond by bringing fresh perspectives and creative solutions to achieve the SDGs.

SDG Digital GameChangers Award Special Category: Pioneers
Special Category: Pioneers
Winner
Runners-up
Finalists
Project Name: Jyoti AI: Seeing with Sound; Transforming Lives Through Digital Assistive Technology
Organization: Torchit Electronics Pvt Ltd, India
Stakeholder Type: Private Sector
AHADI-Tanzania’s First Digital Mental Health Facility
Tanzania Health and Medical Education Foundation (TAHMEF), Tanzania – [Civil Society]
Violetta
Prevención y Psicoeducación de la Violencia Violetta AC, Mexico – [Civil Society]
DigitRise Africa
DigitRise Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – [Academia/ Technical Community]
3R VIDEOGAME
3R VIDEOGAME, Dominican Republic – [Private Sector]
e-Mentor
Open Dreams, Cameroon – [Civil Society]
Digital Financial Literacy and Inclusion for Youth
Young Investors Network, Ghana – [Civil Society]
Jyoti AI: Seeing with Sound; Transforming Lives Through Digital Assistive Technology
Torchit Electronics Pvt Ltd, India – [Private Sector]
Salaam Crop Parametric
Salaam Takaful Limited, Pakistan – [Private Sector]
Climate Action Vanguards
EcosparksNG, Nigeria – [Academia/ Technical Community]
Amplitude: waves of change
Amplitude, Bangladesh – [International Organizations/ UN Agencies]
AHADI-Tanzania’s First Digital Mental Health Facility
Tanzania Health and Medical Education Foundation (TAHMEF), Tanzania – [Civil Society]
Her Go Programme
Yna Kenya, Kenya – [Private Sector]
Empowering Indigenous Youth through Digital Skill Development and Cultural Preservation
O’KANATA, Canada – [Civil Society]
EcoTrack: Digital Monitoring for Sustainable Agriculture
Anesu Brokers Pty Ltd, South Africa – [Private Sector]
Violetta
Prevención y Psicoeducación de la Violencia Violetta AC, Mexico – [Civil Society]
Fighting against poverty through no interest rate community microloans
Bridging Gaps, Germany – [Civil Society]
Krishi Updates Digital Agriculture Model
Krishi Updates Digital Agriculture Model, India – [Academia/ Technical Community]
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Presents SheHacks through Technological Innovation and Women’s Empowerment towards Achieving the SDGs
INDOSAT OOREDOO HUTCHISON, Indonesia – [Private Sector]
Digital Inclusion Program – Australia
LiteHaus International, Australia – [Civil Society]
AI-powered TB Screening in Underdeveloped Areas
China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China – [Academia/ Technical Community]
Nature Eye Labs
Ain Shams University, Egypt – [Academia/ Technical Community]
SmartCart
DHBW Stuttgart, Germany – [Academia/ Technical Community]

Jury members

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Regina Valiullina

Academia Relations Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Sameer Chauhan

Director, United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)
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Melissa Michelle Muñoz Suro

Director of Innovation at OGTIC and Coordinator of the Innovation Cabinet of the Dominican Republic
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Nadir Atayev

Hardware Research Engineer and scientist, Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AzerCosmos)
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Omar Jagne

Community Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Lori Freeman

Vice President and GM of Salesforce for Nonprofits, Salesforce