Teocah Dove
Ms. Teocah Arieal Ainka Dove is an internationally recognised interdisciplinary development strategist with a unique blend of experience that runs the gamut of social innovation, social development and communications for development. Her diverse expertise has seen her serving in leadership positions over the last 8 years either communicating on, designing, providing technical direction on, implementing and/or managing high impact development programmes.
Teocah dedicates her efforts and resources in the Caribbean as a Social Entrepreneur, through her eponymous foundation, and as a consultant with development organisations, public and private sector institutions and civil society. With a passion for using ICT for empowerment and social transformation, and of recent, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good, Teocah’s work surrounds human and social development, youth, community, women and girls empowerment, HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation and renewable energy.
Teocah’s most recent undertakings include serving as a consultant in the spheres of policy development, communications and engagement, social innovation and ICT, for development organizations such as the Caribbean Development Bank and the FHI 360 | USAID – PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project. She also serves as a Technical Expert and the Vice Chairman of the CARICOM Secretariat Technical Oversight Committee of the Crime and Violence Prevention and Social Development Project.
In recognition of her humanitarian and philanthropic contributions over the years, Teocah has been recognized by several prestigious bodies, most notably among them, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred Teocah with the QYL award at Buckingham Palace in 2015 and His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Policy Center for the New South – Morocco, who recognized her as one of the 40 emerging leaders from across the Atlantic in that same year.
A British Chevening scholar, Teocah holds an MSc in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol and a (BA Hons) Media and Communications from the University of Greenwich.