Miniature versions of vehicles are as popular with kids in Cameroon as anywhere else. Adult craftsmen across the continent use materials such as wire, beads and recycled cans to create toy bicycles, trucks and airplanes—many of which transcend the level … Read more →
Piki piki means motorbike in Kiswahili This gadget was created to solve a real problem with biogas – getting the dung to the system quickly and efficiently. Motorbikes are the taxi’s of Africa so why not? Before I tell you … Read more →
It is one thing to drool over the coming digital age in Africa just by studying the numbers, charts and info-graphics. It is a whole other experience to encounter the early signs of all of those numbers and projections in … Read more →
Amid the squalor in one of Kenya’s most depressing slums, there is a surprising amount of flashy colour and fun Njuguna makes these toys because he like to! His clients are local people in the slum but he does sell … Read more →
Sam Todo, a student in Togo, creates a working robot out of old TV parts and other used electronics. (h/t Maneno)