Health care in Africa is boosted by mobile phone technology.
Did You Know Why The Global Financial Crisis Might Have Brought Forward Innovation In Africa?
In a newly published article, Quartz Africa crowned the 2016 Top African Innovators. Amongst the broad range of winners are brilliant minds working in diverse fields, from Tech-industry to fashion, from medicine to journalism and so on. According to the article, in order to make it into the list, the innovators portfolio had to comply … Continue reading Did You Know Why The Global Financial Crisis Might Have Brought Forward Innovation In Africa?
Did You Know That In Kenya It’s All About Crowdsourcing? Meet The Mobile Delivery Platform Sendy
As an innovation afficionado, I have always been fascinated by new business models that are transforming existing businesses in Africa. Amongst them are new businesses best described with terms such as 'sharing economy' or 'crowdsourcing'. It turns out that the sharing economy is big business – Take Uber, for example. The company offering a mobile … Continue reading Did You Know That In Kenya It’s All About Crowdsourcing? Meet The Mobile Delivery Platform Sendy
Did You Know That The WEF Crowned Its Top 5 African Female Innovators?
In April, I published a blogpost about the World Economic Forum on Africa, an event that took place from May 11th to 13th in Kigali, Rwanda. In this context, the WEF was looking for Africa’s top five female innovators. The necessity to highlight female innovators stems from the fact that Africa currently has the youngest … Continue reading Did You Know That The WEF Crowned Its Top 5 African Female Innovators?
Did You Know That The Internet of Things is triggering discussion in Africa?
One thing that I have always liked about venturesafrica is that they provide brief overviews about recent trends and their impact on innovation in Africa. Their articles are easy to understand and provide a good basis for further research about a given topic. In a recent article, they discussed the second wave of inclusive digital … Continue reading Did You Know That The Internet of Things is triggering discussion in Africa?
Did You Know About Vibecampo, A Social Network For Students In Kenya?
An interesting approach on how social networks can be used to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information can be found in Kenya. According to africanews, young innovators in Kenya have created the social network vibecampo.com. It is designed for young Kenyans aged 18 to 35 years. The social network seems to be mainly adressing … Continue reading Did You Know About Vibecampo, A Social Network For Students In Kenya?
Did you know Africa’s first solar-powered airport has just been opened?
Only one year after the world's first ever solar-powered airport was opened in India, South Africa opened the gates to the continent's first solar-powered airport in the Western Cape in February. It's the first of a total of nine planned airports run by Airports Company South Africa. At the moment 40% of the airport's electricity needs … Continue reading Did you know Africa’s first solar-powered airport has just been opened?
Did you know Facebook launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa?
To recognise and promote developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities, Facebook has launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge. The competition is open to developers of entering apps, websites and online services in one of two categories: learning/education and economic empowerment. Beside the Innovation Challenge … Continue reading Did you know Facebook launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa?
Did you know about project codeX?
Today technology plays a major role in everybody's life, so it's important to have people that are trained to develop and manage new technologies. But in Africa the gap between supply and demand for skilled African programmers is still high. This is why codeX has come up with a new training programme to train talented young brains … Continue reading Did you know about project codeX?
Did you know Africa’s first solar-powered bus has just been unveiled?
In the face of global warming, fostering different ways to put alternative energy to use should be our number one mission. Against this background, the announcement that Uganda-based Kiira Motors Cooperation has recently unveiled the continent’s first solar-powered bus, is fantastic news. The "Kayoola" (which literally means mass carrier) is also a wonderful example of innovation. … Continue reading Did you know Africa’s first solar-powered bus has just been unveiled?
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