Robyn Scott (born 9 January 1981) is a

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-born writer and entrepreneur. She studied at Auckland University and Cambridge University. She was a Gates Scholar. Her first book, '' Twenty Chickens for a Saddle'', a memoir about growing up in

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, was published in March 2008. Her second book, ''Big Like Coca-Cola'', is about a group of maximum security prisoners in South Africa who have adopted AIDS orphans. Scott is also a co-founder of start-up OneLeap, and of Southern African social enterprise
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She is presently CEO of policy platform Apolitical.

Biography

Born in

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, Scott moved with her parents to New Zealand briefly and then Botswana, where she spent most of her childhood. She attended high school in

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council c ...

and subsequently studied

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at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn ...

followed by a

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at the

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. She is an ambassador for the

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and a

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

Young Global Leader. She was on

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's 2012 Smart List of Fifty People Who Will Change The World. She is now CEO of Apolitical, a global platform for policymakers that specialises in government innovation.

Bibliography

Books

* * Scott, Robyn (Forthcoming). ''Big like Coca-Cola''.

Articles

Radio

TEDx lectures

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References

External links

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Official book site: twentychickensforasaddle.com

Gates Scholar Newsletter Summer 2007

Author Biography on Bloomsbury.com

Robyn Scott's contact profile on oneleap.to
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