Richard Turere Lion lights video
Dear all, Richard Turere, the 13 year old inventor I posted about here, was selected to audition for TED. For his presentation Stefano Cassini and I made him a video. Many people have been asking how...
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I.T. specialist Gabriel Nderitu from Kenya just won’t give up on his dream and did it again: after some previous experiements with a homemade aircraft, he returns with an unmanned, remote-controlled...
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EUR 50k award up for grabs in international appropriate tech competition
Here’s a call to all AfriGadget innovators to submit their “appropriate technical solutions” (= products and service ideas) to an international competition which was recently initiated by Siemens...
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Bulb 2.0 and Maker Faire Africa 2012
For the price of Kshs. 30 /= (EUR 0.27 or USD 0.35) you’ll manage to pick up this kerosine lamp from a kiosk in Kibera, Kenya: Certainly a great visual update to the famous tin can paraffin lamp which...
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Blade-less wind turbine blows fresh air into power generation
A guest post by Kahenya, Founder of Simple Community The name William Kamkwamba might not sound familiar to many, but he is one of the most significant technology game changers in Africa. He did not...
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Urine Powered Generator by 4 Nigerian Teenage Girls
[Note: I originally wrote this post for Maker Faire Africa in Lagos this week, cross-posting it here] Possibly one of the more unexpected products at Maker Faire Africa this year in Lagos is a urine...
View ArticleMaker Faire Africa 2012: Lagos, in Pictures
As one of the founding organizers for Maker Faire Africa, I’ve had the privilege to be a part of this unfolding maker movement in Africa. To be honest, it’s been going on for a while, so I guess what...
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The Farmking of Nigeria: 4-in-1 Farming device
Sulaiman Famro is a cheerful, 65 year old engineer, and a master of branding. He built the prototype “Farmking” three years ago and claims he can save the country $1 billion a year, just in savings on...
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AfriGadget TV
AfriGadget is graduating from the small screens of laptops and smart phones to the larger screens of broadcast television. The production company Made in Africa TV is taking AfriGadget to the East...
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How to fix a bicycle tube… when a glued patch isn’t appropriate: (direct link to the video) “To fix such a problem, we designed a new way of fixing. You can simply tie the place, no need of glue, no...
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Wheel balancing is totally overrated
A Kenyan Facebook user recently shared these images of a craftsman in Eldoret (Kenya) who repairs rims: Kenya fixit? Eh! (via Silas Salavi)
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Kiambu chopper et al
Sharing good content online isn’t always easy, as we prefer original (first-hand) content – contributed by our readers – that comes along with a permission to share these jewels. The following post...
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I.T. specialist Gabriel Nderitu from Kenya just won’t give up on his dream and did it again: after some previous experiements with a homemade aircraft, he returns with an unmanned, remote-controlled...
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You are what you breathe
When was the last time you noticed the air you are breathing ? Do you know how it affects you and your health? Egypt leads the list of the most polluted cities in the world, in terms of particulate...
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The Mukombe
The Mukombe – Zimbabwe’s tippy tap Dr. Peter Morgan, winner of the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize and resident of Zimbabwe, recently shared the design of The Mukombe on the forum of the Sustainable...
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Maker Faire Africa comes to Jo’Burg
Maker Faire Africa was first held in Ghana in 2009, then Kenya 2010, Egypt 2011, Nigeria 2012 and now in South Africa 2014. It’s been an amazing thing to be a part of, and the best is to be there and...
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SK8OPIA – Skate Ethiopia
These are great news from our Ethiopia-based partner iceaddis: a student recently designed a new wheel for skateboards that can be produced in Ethiopia – made and designed in Africa. Reinventing the...
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A Tablet for Africa?
For many of you reading this, the title of this article might lead you to a vision of one laptop per child – or some other Silicon Valley vision of progress for Africa. The technology I wish to discuss...
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The DIY Three-Wheeler
Kevin Becker recently moved to Kenya and built this great DIY three-wheeler for his son. “My son wants to be outside all of the time. This three-wheel cart allows him to pedal himself around like Fred...
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Bulb 2.0 and Maker Faire Africa 2012
For the price of Kshs. 30 /= (EUR 0.27 or USD 0.35) you’ll manage to pick up this kerosine lamp from a kiosk in Kibera, Kenya: Certainly a great visual update to the famous tin can paraffin lamp which...
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