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...
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...
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...
Mellowcab
A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
South African entrepreneur Neil du Preez developed the Mellowcab as an eco-friendly means of...
Domestic Waste Biogas System
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Daniel Gitau Thairu, coordinator at Wonder Innovations (Kenya) which specializes in portable compact biogas...
Aybar Broad Bed & Furrows Maker (BBM)
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Ethiopian company Aybar Engineering PLC developed a low-cost tool that farmers can use to...
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...
CardioPad
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Arthur Zang, a 24-year-old Cameroonian computer engineer, invented the CardioPad, the world’s first portable,...
Safari Yetu
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Safari Yetu, Kiswahili for “Our Journey,” is a web and mobile-based reservation and ticketing...
Agriculture Digital Financial Services Platforms
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Fin4Ag 2014 international conference on revolutionizing agricultural financing kicked off on July14 in Nairobi,...