This is a continuation of Erik’s post on African Modular machines. The video below shows how the machines are used in wood workshops to make design cutouts, carve out pieces for furniture and to split planks of wood. It is … Read more →
We’ve written about young Malawian William Kamkwamba a couple of times here on AfriGadget, so it’s great to see him getting recognition in the WSJ! The article is titled “A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill, Electrifying a Nation“. Take a … Read more →
Motorola plans to expand its business in rural areas of Africa. How? Using wind and solar powered base stations. Afrigadget previously wrote about this technology being implemented in Kenya, below is a short video showing that it is also in … Read more →
Victor Kaonga points us to Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, a Malawian, who has built a prototype power source made specifically for Africa. It generates power using sugar and yeast for up to 8 hours at a time. Mobile phones are big … Read more →
There’s a really interesting story about a man in Kenya who claims to have created a plane from scratch. Using a Volkswagen beetle engine, and aluminium sheets for the body, Mr Gachamba made a single seater plane. He tested it … Read more →