Tinkers, Hackers, Farmers, Crafters
In Design Observer Meena Kadri Interviews Emeka Okafor about Maker Faire Africa: Meena Kadri Maker Faire Africa is dubbed a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention. What is the...
View ArticleSolar powered street light system
At Maker Faire Africa 2010 Joy Tang and I interviewed Norbert Okec from Uganda on his prototype of a street light system.
View ArticleMFA2010 Maker Steve Song on VillageTelco
Steve Song is founder of VillageTelco, based in South Africa and he is one of the makers at Makers Faire 2010. A village telco is a community telephone network. It is based on a suite of open source...
View ArticleMFA2010 General Electric Mentorship Prize
Robert Mburu, winner of the Maker Faire Africa GE Mentorship Prize provides us with a day by day account of his visit to the GE Technology Centre in Bangalore, India: Living the John F Welch Technology...
View ArticleA Look Back : Meet the Makers of MFA 2010, Kenya
A sample of many of the ‘makers’ found at Maker Faire Africa 2010, held last year in Nairobi. Maker Faire Africa 2010 from Taylor Martyn on Vimeo.
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