Innovating for Social Good Through Technology and Community Empowerment
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Marlon Parker is an entrepreneur and advocate for using technology for social good. He is the founder of the Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs), a global movement that operates in 23 countries and has impacted over 9.2 million people since its inception. His commitment to community development has earned him recognition as one of the 100 World Class South Africans in 2013 and 2014, as well as being an alumnus of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. In 2014, he was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an Ashoka Fellow. Parker co-founded JamiiX, a mobile chat counseling network that has reached over 4.5 million people, and has collaborated with organizations such as Mozilla, BBC, UN Women, and the World Bank to promote social change through technology.