TransforNATIONKAZAKHSTAN

2021–2026 · Design-thinking methodologist and mentor for the flagship STEM programme for school students

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung's global CSR programme, run in Kazakhstan with the support of the Ayala Foundation. Over 6 seasons (2021–2026), 11,450 school students from across the country have taken part in the competition across 3,426 applications — teams spend 6–9 months building technology solutions to real social problems.

TransforNATION's role in the programme is methodology and mentorship: the team applies its own design-thinking methodology at the idea-selection stage and runs mentoring sessions through to finalists' defense of their finished prototypes. The skills developed go beyond the technology itself — the focus is on problem-solving and the "4Cs" (creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication).

Each season ends with a final where prototypes are presented to a jury — from autonomous devices generating drinking water from air to wearable devices that assist rehabilitation. The best projects from finalist teams are published in the [News](/news) section — a live showcase of what school teams can achieve when given a methodology and a mentor.

Solve for Tomorrow is direct proof of the TransforNATION model: the "school → future skills → real product" funnel, working with the country's largest youth audience.

Seasons

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