Nicholas Kee, Co-Founder/Executive Director - Next Gen Creators Tallawah

OVERVIEW

The Tallawah podcast is the product of many musings on the perception of success. How success is typically defined within societies can vary greatly from how an individual perceives success. Tallawah is a venture led by Latoya Wakefield (IG: @latoyawakefield) and Yanique Taylor (IG: @taylored.consulting), entrepreneurs pursuing their own version of success. As Jamaicans, Tallawah is a word used in our culture that means strength or fearlessness. The phrase, "wi likkle but wi tallawah" is used often to acknowledge our fellow Jamaicans locally and internationally who are achieving greatness, especially through their passions. This greatness across many domains is what we are featuring through Tallawah, with the goal to inspire others to seek out and achieve their own passion-fuelled success. We are seeking to help change lives one ear at a time (Shout out to Charles Hyatt for the tagline!)

GUEST

Nicholas Kee, Co-Founder and Executive Director – Next Gen Creators

Next Gen Creators is a mission-driven organisation integrating Caribbean tech talent into the global tech community. Through their boot camp, workshops and tech-focused events, Next Gen Creators provides black and Latin American developers with the skills they need to participate in the innovation economy.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS


2016 Queen’s Young Leaders Runner-Up Award Recipient
2017 Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Entrepreneurship Recipient
Started coding ‘accidentally’ at the age of 12 because he could not afford to buy anymore video games and was encouraged by his father to create his own game.
Working as a freelance developer since the age of 13 with no formal training.
Nicholas has been forging his own non-traditional path as a serial entrepreneur, travelling the world, speaking at conferences and developing partnerships through innovative ideas in Silicon Valley.
Next Gen Creators is a non-profit that focuses on providing training sessions and events where youth/young adults can engage in learning coding and completing real-world challenges through hackathons.
He launched a series of start-ups beginning with the development of a biodegradable resin for use in 3D printing. This material was an outgrowth of his involvement in Junior Achievement Jamaica while attending Ardenne High School, where his company team developed plastic from potato starch.
He continues to explore and seek opportunities to influence and contribute to the technology space regionally and globally.



RESOURCES

http://nextgencreators.org/

Facebook: Next Gen Creators

Instagram: @nextgencreators

Twitter: @NextGenCreators

Email: hello@nextgencreators.com



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