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on January 28, 2009

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Learn how my non-profit efforts, work and experiences in over 2 decades has prepared me for my start-up innovation journey

Andrew Benson Greene Jr., comes from Sierra Leone in West Africa, where he earned his BA in International Relations, English and Civil Law from Fourah Bay College of the University of Sierra Leone in 1998. He has been active for many years in giving voices to children and youth affected by war via creativity and innovative power of the internet. For many years, he worked tirelessly to locate resources so that children and youth can engage in a global education programs starting in 1999. His programs touched the hearts of so many people around the world and the United Nations adopted his project as a model to be used and replicated in 3 other countries affected by war. Andrew's efforts culminated in an array of prestigious international awards, citations and bursaries for his peace building efforts, and internet based innovations. In April 2003, his projects and initiatives which gives voices to Children and Youth Affected by war, through the power of the innovative use of tec

That´s just what technology does. It has the magical wand to bring people polarized by economic status and geographic difference.

I seldom knew (and so do my other Digital World Fellows), that during the intensive last few days of our workshops in readiness for the final ITU International open fray, in Geneva, we could be met with Carlos Slim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim who "as of 2011 is the richest person in the world, for the second year in a row. He is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies Telmex and América Móvil and has extensive holdings in other Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso SAB, as well as business interests elsewhere in the world." That´s just what technology does. It has the magical wand to bring people polarized by geographic difference, cultures and economic status. In an Entourage with another high profiled person; Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) a trio of personalities, walked into the small hall guided by a professional camera crew. In this small hall cha

It's not A 'Streetcar Named Desire'

...These streetcars in Kansas City are innovative modes of transportation that are helping the residents and visitors alike, commute around with ease of access. It's part of my experience at the ESHIP Summit 19 , and this drives innovation in the Kansas City and beyond. Andrew Benson Greene ESHIP 2019 And I found my tribe I arrived on May 20th, 2019 in Kansas City (KC), to attend the Kauffman Foundation ESHIP summit. It was a night of pouring rain and the weather was a bit inclement. I was eager to make it to the Holiday Inn Hotel in downtown Kansas City which has been already booked and paid for by the generous donation of the Linux Foundation. Whilst at the intersection of choosing between getting an Uber or a taxi off to my hotel, a traveler, a local of KC, nudged me to the realization of a convenient mode of transportation in the city – ‘The Streetcar’ which was a few minute

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