# Robyn Scott

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**Robyn Scott** (born 9 January 1981) is a [British](/source/United_Kingdom)-born writer and entrepreneur.

She studied at Auckland University and Cambridge University. She was a [Gates Scholar](/source/Gates_Scholarship). Her first book, *[Twenty Chickens for a Saddle](/source/Twenty_Chickens_for_a_Saddle)*,[1] a memoir about growing up in [Botswana](/source/Botswana), 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.[2] Scott is also a co-founder of start-up [OneLeap](/source/OneLeap),[3] and of Southern African social enterprises [Brothers for All](http://brothersforall.org) and [Mothers for All](http://mothersforall.org). She is presently CEO of policy platform Apolitical.[4]

## Biography

Born in [England](/source/England), 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](/source/Bulawayo) and subsequently studied [Bioinformatics](/source/Bioinformatics) at the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland) followed by a [Master of Bioscience Enterprise](/source/Master_of_Bioscience_Enterprise) at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge). She is an ambassador for the [Access to Medicine Index](/source/Access_to_Medicine_Index) and a [World Economic Forum](/source/World_Economic_Forum) Young Global Leader.[5] She was on [Wired](/source/Wired_(website))'s 2012 Smart List of Fifty People Who Will Change The World.[6] She is now CEO of Apolitical, a global platform for policymakers that specialises in government innovation.[7]

## Bibliography

### Books

- Scott, Robyn (2009). *[Twenty chickens for a saddle: the story of an African childhood](/source/Twenty_Chickens_for_a_Saddle)*. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780747596561.
- Scott, Robyn (Forthcoming). *Big like Coca-Cola*.

### Articles

- Scott, Robyn (4 November 2005). ["Housing challenge winners revealed"](https://www.ft.com/content/1d351f7a-4cd7-11da-89df-0000779e2340). *[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)*. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

### Radio

- Hammersley, Ben (host); Scott, Robyn (speaker); Edwards, Giles (producer) (22 October 2014). ["Risk and reward | When crazy makes sense: the case for more radical social innovation"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lsmhz). [Four Thought](/source/List_of_BBC_Radio_4_programmes#Factual). London: [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4). pp. 8.45pm. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

### TEDx lectures

- TEDx Talks (15 May 2012). ["The power of human | Robyn Scott at TEDxCalicoCanyon"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm3GOYYeWeo). Ted.com. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/pm3GOYYeWeo) 2021-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- TEDx Talks (30 June 2014). ["Leadership lessons behind bars | Robyn Scott at TEDxOxbridge"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhRarI47_e4). Ted.com. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/QhRarI47_e4) 2021-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

## References

1. Scott, Robyn (2009). *Twenty chickens for a saddle: the story of an African childhood*. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780747596561.

1. Scott, Robyn. ["About"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141024120042/http://robynscott.org/index.php/about). *robynscott.org*. Archived from [the original](http://robynscott.org/index.php/about) on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. ["About"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120104220320/http://oneleap.to/about/team). *oneleap.to*. Archived from [the original](http://oneleap.to/about/team/) on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. ["Home | Apolitical"](https://apolitical.co). *Apolitical*. Retrieved 2018-04-09.

1. ["About"](http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/robyn-scott). *weforum.org*. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. WIRED UK, Staff (February 2012). ["The Smart List 2012: 50 people who will change the world"](https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/02/features/the-smart-list). WIRED.CO.UK Condé Nast UK. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. ["Government Innovation | Apolitical"](https://apolitical.co/flagship/government-innovation-and-leadership/). *Apolitical*. Retrieved 2018-04-09.

## External links

- [Official book site: twentychickensforasaddle.com](http://www.twentychickensforasaddle.com/)
- [Gates Scholar Newsletter Summer 2007](http://trust.gatesscholar.org/newsletter/docs/newsletter_summer2007.pdf)
- [Author Biography on Bloomsbury.com](http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/robyn-scott/)
- [Robyn Scott's contact profile on oneleap.to](http://oneleap.to/robyn)

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