GiftedMom
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
With mobile penetration high in his native country, even in rural areas, Cameroonian Nteff...
Anti-malaria Drug
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Benin native Valentin Agon M.D. was the overall winner of the US$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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...
Nanofilter
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)Tanzanian Askwar Hilonga, Ph.D., a chemical engineer and entrepreneur, developed a water filter system...
Portable Ore Crushing Machine
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Zimbabwean engineer Rujeko Masike developed a portable crushing machine for use in the small...
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...
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...
MobiSure™
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa.)
Launched in 2012, MobiSure™ is a medical insurance platform through which poor families...
Chamasoft
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Kenyan technology company Digital Vision East Africa developed Chamasoft, a web application that allows...
Fonio Husker Machine
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Senegalese mechanical engineer Sanoussi Diakité developed an electric and thermal-powered machine that husks five...