September 30, 2020
Technology’s role in advancing peace initiatives
From peace hashtags, to peace dialogues via social media, this dialogue will shed light on the power of technology to advance peace initiatives.
From peace hashtags, to peace dialogues via social media, this dialogue will shed light on the power of technology to advance peace initiatives.
Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan


Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan
Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan


Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan
Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan


Fereshteh Forough
Fereshteh Forough was born a refugee in Iran after her family fled Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion. Despite the family’s circumstances, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Herat University, her Master’s from Technical University of Berlin in Germany, and eventually became a faculty member back at Herat University. In 2015, she established Code to Inspire, the first computer coding school for girls in Afghanistan. Leading all aspects of operations and fundraising remotely, CTI has educated more than 200 students so far in coding and graphic design classes. Fereshteh remains focused on a vision of a future for her homeland where young women play a prominent role in society.
Afghanistan
Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan


Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan
Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan


Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan
Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan


Sher Shah Rahim
Sher Shah Rahim is a young Afghan entrepreneur who has pioneered small and big ventures in the country. Some of his work includes million-dollar products such as: WasalPay, CoWorthy, ZMTCoin (the first cryptocurrency in Afghanistan) AfghaNet, and many more. Sher Shah is also a jury at the World Summit Awards (UNDP) where he helps leverage technology to achieve the SDGs, and a mentor at the UNDP innovation lab where he helps young entrepreneurs flourish around the world through online mentorship. Sher Shah’s company has built an app in partnership with Geneva Call that uses trivia to teach peace curriculum. He has also been an inspiring speaker at TED, Internet Governance Forum, Google Developers Group, the Rotary Club and many more places. He is currently the President at Intellectual Applications and Products.
Afghanistan
Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq


Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq
Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq


Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq
Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq


Husam Aamer
Husam Aamer is a self-taught software and app developer and petroleum engineer based in Baghdad. Originally from Mosul, he left his hometown following the ISIS invasion. He is currently working on an app that will provide virtual tours of Iraqi heritage sites that have been destroyed by ISIS. Through his app, he is building connections between people and places while helping preserve their cultural heritage. He has also built popular apps that help empower visually impaired and elderly populations in Iraq and across the Middle East to create equitable access to services such as mobile banking.
Iraq
Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda


Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda
Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda


Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda
Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda


Marc J. Gwamaka
Marc J. Gwamaka is one of the co-founders of Peace and Love Proclaimers (PLP) “Youth for Change,” a dynamic peace-building youth organization and he is the initiator of ‘Walk to Remember’ a well-known international education programme used to educate and mobilize youth from all over the world to fight against Genocide. This event has seen heads of states and normal citizens walk together to commemorate the genocide against the Tutsi of 1994. In addition to his work with Peace and Love Proclaimers, Gwamaka has acted in various feature films including HBOs Sometimes in April and Kinyarwanda. Gwamaka is responsible for the day-to-day national youth leadership programmes for Aegis Trust in Rwanda. He developed the youth champions and youth ambassadors’ program which has seen him train over 1427 youth in Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and Central African Republic.
Rwanda