16th September, 2008: kiwanja’s Ken Banks has today been named as one of sixteen Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellows for 2008. According to Pop!Tech, “For the past year we have combed the planet searching for visionary change agents incubating breakthrough approaches to the world’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges. We received more than a hundred amazing submissions from over thirty countries worldwide, and we’re proud to present the most outstanding sixteen – the 2008 Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellows”
Ken joins friends Erik Hersman and Ory Okolloh ofUshahidi fame, and Nam Mokwunye, who he last worked with at Stanford University as a fellow Fellow on the Reuters Digital Vision Program in 2006/2007
The Pop!Tech Faculty will lead the Fellows through an intensive four-day “boot camp” just prior to the start of the “Pop!Tech 2008: Scarcity and Abundance” conference. Each Fellow will then be showcased at the conference itself, kicking off a year of access to mentors, influencers and resources
A copy of today’s official Pop!Tech press release is available here (PDF, 170Kb)
Congratulations, Ken! Your work is appreciated. Will this take you to the States again?
Moi Saara!
I’ll be in the USA for about a week, which covers the Pop!Tech conference, and may be back for other related meetings/events over the year, but nothing as drastic as before. So no need to worry about me living in a van again. ;o)
Hei to Antti…
Ken