What is Gawana?

At Gawana, we believe in the power of creative thinking to generate significant social change.

We passionately believe the planet needs fresh new approaches to solving the issues we all face. We love technology, we love the web and we love exploring the world and we combine these passions by working on projects that tackle global social issues. Gawana seeks to create positive change in underserved, underrepresented, and disadvantaged communities. People are at the centre of our efforts. We believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. To achieve this, we wake-up very early every morning and start scanning the latest technologies, the best of the internet and emerging business thinking to identify opportunities that can be applied to move a step closer to our goals.

We work with individuals like you, private companies, governments, NGO’s and social entrepreneurs to implement life changing solutions.

If you would like Gawana to help you check out the Contact Gawana page.

Want to get involved?

Roll up your sleeves and get stuck-in by contributing your thoughts and solutions to the issues listed in our blog.

Let’s go far, together.

John Cooper

Founder of Gawana

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