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Aboriginal entrepreneurs launch Australia’s first innovation hub for minorities so no one gets left behind in the digital economy

By Administrator | 9 November 2016

"On a mission to prevent anyone getting left behind in the digital economy, Aboriginal entrepreneurs Leigh Harris and Julie-Ann Lambourne are building Australia’s first innovation hub for minority groups.








D:HIVE will be a centre for digital innovation, learning, collaboration and startups to build useful solutions for Indigenous Australians, migrants, refugees and people with disabilities not just in Australia but around the world.

“I built the first indigenous iPhone app in 2006 – everybody thought I was crazy,” Harris tells StartupSmart.

“The day has come where I’m not so crazy; innovation has been happening in Cairns for 20 years.”

To leverage this, Harris and Lambourne want the hub to be a magnet for innovative thinkers in remote Australia to connect, learn and build a more inclusive digital economy." Read more

Dinushi Dias StartupSmart 2 Nov 2016

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