Name Katy Digovich | Years active 2008–present Occupation Social Entrepreneur | |
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Full Name Katherine Florence Maria Regina Digovich Awards Global Laureate Fellowship Parents Carolyn Digovich, Peter Digovich | ||
2013 laureate global fellow katy digovich
Katy Digovich is the founder and Director of Operations of the Botswana based nonprofit Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING), a youth led nonprofit that develops mobile health and education tools in collaboration with local government and mentors local youth in basic to advanced IT skills. PING has partnered with Hewlett-Packard in one project to reduce malaria. She is also the founder and CEO of Develo, for-profit arm of PING based in the Silicon Valley that develops mobile applications for emerging markets targeted at telecoms to help them diversify their revenue and provide value-added services to businesses and the end-user as well as the informal market sector.
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- 2013 laureate global fellow katy digovich
- PING Building Mobile Health SolutionsBridging the Digital Divide with Youth in Southern Africa
- Biography
- Awards Accolades
- References
PING: Building Mobile Health Solutions/Bridging the Digital Divide with Youth in Southern Africa
Biography
Katy grew up in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Princeton University in 2008. She played on Princeton's women's varsity basketball team, the Tigers.
Awards & Accolades
In October 2013, Digovich received the Global Laureate Fellowship for her involvement with Positive Innovation for the Next Generation. She traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to receive the prestigious award only received by twenty young entrepreneurs worldwide annually.