It was amazing to see all our previous winners together for the first time ever @jkkusiak, @mstrishlorenz, @anniezaidi, and @WilliamsJames_
If you weren't able to attend to today's event, a recording will be available soon.
Help end the exploitation of Europe’s farm workers. Violence and long hours in the burning sun, all to earn a starvation wage is the daily life of millions of seasonal workers picking our food. Add your voice to the petition: https://t.co/4pm0BfvGSW
Today is the day!
We are excited to reveal the official question for the 2024/25 Nine Dots Prize: ‘Is data failing us?’
The winner will be awarded US$100,000 and a book deal with @CambridgeUP for the best 3,000-word response.
Join @jkkusiak, @mstrishlorenz, @anniezaidi and @WilliamsJames_ as they talk about how to draw readers into works of non-fiction, and how to connect research and evidence into a compelling and engaging story.
Gaza on the brink of famine. Starvation of children and civilians as a tool of war. This story by Devi Sridhar in The Guardian is heartbreaking. Is there anything I can do to help? Does anybody know what action I could take? I feel so powerless https://t.co/RQUzl34IXb
If you're working on Africa-based or Africa-oriented environmental projects around clean air, oceans, natural world or waste reduction don't forget to enter the $1million Earthshot Prize before 15 November... https://t.co/EMPpTP4RnS
We are pleased to announce that the Cambridge-based researcher and scholar-activist Joanna Kusiak is the winner of the 2022/23 Nine Dots Prize. Congratulations @jkkusiak!
In just one week, we will reveal the winner of our 2022/23 cycle. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted entries, giving our judges plenty to discuss. Check back here next Wednesday 31st May to find out who will be receiving $100,000USD and a book deal with @CambridgeUP.
I am so excited that my first book, Soro Soke, is published today. To see it advertised in the CUP bookstore windows is mind blowing. I can’t stop smiling
We’re wishing @mstrishlorenz a very happy publication day! Her book, Soro Soke: The Young Disruptors of an African Megacity, is published TODAY by @CambridgeUP. You can order a copy in paperback or read it for free with #OpenAccess – congratulations Trish! https://t.co/nkqJj70EZ2
📙 Join @NineDotsPrize winner, author, journalist and CRASSH fellow @mstrishlorenz for a discussion of her book #SoroSoke on 7 June at 16:00.
Trish will be in conversation with some of the young Nigerian entrepreneurs featured in her book. https://t.co/6pm77lupjA @CambridgeUP
If you missed yesterday's event with @mstrishlorenz on the the young disruptors of Sub-Saharan Africa, then catch the Replay on YouTube or download and listen to the podcast on Spotify https://t.co/7v55NWeOKF (and all other major podcast platforms) 🎧
@nicolastrong@nicolastrong I didn’t talk to any AI specialists but many young entrepreneurs are using technology to drive change - eg @beatcofee supplies drones to farmers. Drones are more accurate, so reduce water and chemical use and improve yields. Happy to chat more about this if you DM
We're super excited to be welcoming @NineDotsPrize winner @mstrishlorenz to the RSA virtual stage this Thursday lunchtime! Set a reminder and book now: https://t.co/9G9AqZgO47 #RSAyoungdisruptors
@NineDotsPrize winner, @mstrishlorenz answers the question of what it means to be young in an aging world by exploring the unique opportunities and challenges faced by the youth populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Book now: https://t.co/0wrKEzMz8z #RSAyoungdisruptors
Coming up this week on YouTube:
The young disruptors of Sub-Saharan Africa with @mstrishlorenz and Alcinda Honwana
When: 12th May at 1PM
Where: YouTube
Book now: https://t.co/0wrKEzM1j1