Zubair Junjunia

Zubair is an educational activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes – an online learning platform he started at 16 and today, has reached almost 4 million students globally. He is a One Young World ambassador, advisory board member of DEFI at Cambridge University and joins the EY Foundation’s Youth Advisory Board.

An SDG advocate, he has been published and spoken internationally including the 74th UN General Assembly, ITU Regional Innovation Forum and the TEDx stage. Holding a Master’s in Mathematics from UCL, Zubair is a marathon runner, triathlete and inline/figure skater.

Zubair is the recipient of the 2021 Diana Legacy Award - the "highest accolade a young person can receive for their social and humanitarian efforts"

Youth Empowerment

There is no doubt the power of the youth and the amplification technology provides. I strongly believe that we must be empowering the youth to achieve the UN SDGs and beyond

Social Entrepreneurship

Social impact cannot be a after-thought when it comes to building a growing business that must survive. I am particularly keen to advocate for high rigour and standards to impact measurment versus current status quo.

Education for All

In many ways, education has been intrgral and the reason I am here today. Launching ZNotes at 16 was recognising that education is a right, not a privelege. An educated population with a change-making attitude is necessary for the survival of our planet.