The minds behind the winners of the Young Innovators Award

After the WSA Young Innovators Online Jury had evaluated over a hundred submissions from around the world and created the shortlist, it was time for the WSA Young Innovators Grand Jury to convene and make the final step – choose the winners.  

Over the past two weeks, sixteen members of the Grand Jury evaluated and compared the 24 shortlisted solutions from 20 countries around the globe. To ensure a fair evaluation, members of the Young Innovators Grand Jury come from different regions of the globe, representing different countries and backgrounds. Among the Jury were WSA network members, WSA alumni, startup experts, and young social entrepreneurs. You can find out more about each WSA Young Innovators Grand Jury member by clicking on their profile below.  

Meet the Jurors

Albina Bardhi

EdTech Product Manager | Driving Digital Transformation | Workforce Development Solutions

Hornbill

Albania

Mohamed Medani

Project Manager

GO PLATFORM

Algeria

Daniel Akinjise

Founder

Empowered Youth

Canada

Philippine Leclerc

Project Manager

EMERGING Valley

France

Charlotte Dreyer

Project Development, HPI School of Design Thinking

Hasso Plattner Institute

Germany

Alexander Ojo

Head of IT

The Royal Senchi Resort & Hotel

Ghana

Jatin Kataria

CEO

InMeSta, We Group

India

Liene Ulmane

WSA Network and Communications

WSA

Latvia

Moses Amos

Director

Programos Foundation

Nigeria

Marcin Waryszak

CEO & Founder

Calmsie

Poland

Diogo Paciência

Online Marketer

European Travel Commission / Visit Europe

Portugal

Petronela Ďureková

Assistant Project Officer

OSCE

Slovakia

Peumi Rodrigo

Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Communications

Wavenet

Sri Lanka

Angelina Ali

Student

University of the West Indies (U.W.I.)

Trinidad and Tobago

Donald Waruhanga

Chief Executive Officer

Doppler Technologies

Uganda

Co-Funded by the European Union