BoxBuzz
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
BoxBuzz is an alert system that sends text messages to the mobile phones of...
Repurpose Schoolbags
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
South African Thato Kgathlanye, 21-year-old social entrepreneur, used recycled plastic shopping bags and solar...
BrainShare
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Created by Ugandan tech expert Charles Muhhindo, BrainShare is an education application that allows...
Famissima
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
IT specialist Ahlem Bouchahda ben-Tekaya developed a Web and mobile application that serves as...
M-Pepea
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
M-Pepea is an alternative emergency loan facility accessed through mobile phones for Kenyans who...
Ghana Bamboo Bikes
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Teenage social entrepreneur Winifred Selby, along with colleagues Bernice Dapaah and Kwame Kyei, established...
Kiira EV
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
The Kiira EV is Uganda’s first electric, environment friendly car created by students at...
iCow
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
iCow is a mobile phone agricultural information service developed by Kenyan native Su Kahumbu,...
WinSenga Fetal Heart Rate Monitor
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa.)
Ugandans Joshua Okello and Tushaba Aaron, founders of Cipher256 Co. Ltd., developed WinSenga mobile...
Kamkwamba’s Windmills
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
In 2002, at just 14 years old, William Kamkwamba built an electricity-generating windmill to...