Samsung Solve for Tomorrow ambassadors share ideas to tackle community challenges

Students participating in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow pose in front of a booth at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics. [Samsung Electronics]
Students participating in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow pose in front of a booth at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics. [Samsung Electronics]

Samsung Electronics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rallied behind young innovators at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics — the first Youth Olympic Games held on African soil — presenting a range of solutions to community challenges.

Students selected as global ambassadors for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow showcased solutions they developed in Dakar and exchanged ideas with peers from around the world, Samsung Electronics said Thursday.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung Electronics' global corporate social responsibility program designed to help young people build skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — commonly known as STEM — and apply them to real problems facing their communities.

Students chosen as global ambassadors have the opportunity to take part in a range of activities with Samsung Electronics and the IOC and to present their solutions on an international stage.

The ambassadors also joined IOC Young Leaders from Kenya and Lebanon in a workshop focused on social issues affecting young people across Africa.

After the workshop, the students visited an "Olympic Social Impact by IOC Young Leaders" booth set up in the Youth Olympic Village, where they explored hands-on activities involving athletes.

Jo Si-jeong, Samsung Electronics DX Division Head of Social Contribution and People Team Leader, said the company had pledged to the IOC at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to give young people the chance to discover their potential through technology and sport. "That commitment is now taking shape through concrete activities in Dakar," Jo said. "We will continue working with the IOC to drive even greater change in communities."

James McLeod, IOC Director of National Olympic Committee Relations, Olympic Solidarity and Olympism365, said the meeting between Solve for Tomorrow ambassadors and young people in Dakar was "a meaningful opportunity to share ideas, learn from one another, and see what can be achieved by combining creativity, technology and sport."

Samsung Electronics and the IOC jointly launched the Solve for Tomorrow Impact Program in August and plan to run it through the end of January 2028, supporting young innovators in developing their ideas and putting them to use in their communities.

The two organizations plan to continue collaborating on the "Sports and Technology" theme of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow and on the Impact Program through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.


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