The Global Innovation through Science and Technology Finalists have been announced. The top 15 idea stage finalists are: Adwoa Asiedua Boateng, Ghana; Alim Khamitov, Kazakhstan; Cynthia Ndubuisi, Nigeria; Dessy Aliandrina, Indonesia; Eshmuradov Dilmurod, Uzbekistan; Gargy Lahiry, Bangladesh; Onyedikachukwu Igili, Nigeria; Islam Azeddine…
This week several young and promising leaders were assembled in Washington DC for President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Hastings Mkandawire is one of the nine Young African Leaders’ Initiative (YALI) fellows from Malawi now in Washington, DC, participating in the…
Patrick Ngowi is the New Face of Africa, an entrepreneur who has lighted up rural Kenya by providing solar power, protecting the environment and making a living as well as creating jobs and uplifting the standard of living of those around him.
Ngowi got…
As Kenya becomes the leader in computer and information technology we have chosen to highlight a few organizations. Eneza Education, ChamaSoft and Shamba Shape Up recently won the 2014 Innovation awards sponsored by Kenya's Information and Communication Technology Authority.
Eneza Education
Eneza’s mission…
It has been said that success is opportunity meeting preparation. If you have dreamt of going to the United States of America and you are a driven young person and you would like an opportunity to go to the United States for…
Cecil John Rhodes the British imperialist was right about one thing, transportation infrastructure was essential to get raw materials out of Africa into overseas markets. The same is true even of today as talk of Africa becoming an economic hub the discussion…
Congratulations to the World Economic Forum: Young Global Leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa 2013
Ola Orekunrin
Ola Orekunrin
Dr Ola Orekunrin is the Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. She graduated from the University Of York, one of…
Ralph Gilles
In celebration of Black History Month in the USA we salute two innovators, Ralph Gilles now CEO of Dodge and George Washington Carver famous for his work with peanuts. This is our opportunity to highlight some achievements made by African-Americans that helped…
Dr. Kamau Gachigi heads the University of Nairobi Science & Technology Park, at which over 15 technology businesses are currently incubated. He has been a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering since 1999, where he teaches Materials Science. His current areas of…
Makerere University has successfully tested an electronic vehicle, Kiira EV, manufactured by students of the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology. Makerere Vice Chancellor, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba described the technological innovation as a historic moment.
The car was assembled by a team of…