Chikwe Iheakwazu co-founder of Nigeria Health Watch is the lead organizer behind: TEDxEUSTON which will continue the conversations started at TED GLOBAL in Arusha, Tanzania. Exploring the issues that matter to Africa and Africans.We will stay true to the spirit of the TED conference, hosting facinating thinkers and doers to:*... [view entry]

Catherine Akwir a MYC4 funded spare parts dealer gives an overview of her endeavour: [view entry]

VoxAfrica's Sonia Hawkey presents a fly through of African restaurants in London: Londoners find themselves looking further afield for a touch of the exotic. Stews bursting with flavour from an assortment of spices, interesting new staples: African cuisine isn't about ‘meat and two veg'!...It is about combinations of flavour and... [view entry]

The re-emergence of tinkering and making within the US should be food-for-thought for those within Africa pondering innovation ignition methodologies. The recently held Maker Faire Africa sought to tap into those very important existing undercurrents that exist within our societies. With regard to a developed economy the WSJ reports:Engineering schools... [view entry]

Ladybrille profiles Funlayo Alabi co-founder of Shea Radiance, in an interview she states:Once we began formulating our products and sharing them with friends and family, it became evident that there was a market for effective natural based moisturizers. We did some additional research and felt there was a need for... [view entry]

In Haiya, Eric Wainaina’s traveling musical Mofaya:...is based on a ghetto story. The musical play which was showcased in New York City during the New York Musical Theatre Festival, run for almost two weeks featuring singers Valerie Kimani, Dan Aceda, Joshua Mwai, actress Mumbi Kaigwa and actor Peter King among... [view entry]

In Afrigadget:I love my juakali lamp and everyone that I know in Nairobi needs one of these lamps. Everything about it is so true to the juakali spirit – hand crafted using colourful recycled tins, and designed for a real purpose with a handle so you can move it around... [view entry]

Gadling reports:...health tourism involves more than recharging your batteries on some serene beach. It's a chance to get medical treatment while getting away from it all. One place to do that in Ghana is the Holy Trinity Spa & Health Farm. Set along the Volta River, it's a cross between... [view entry]

Hash on PesaPal:Start local, then Africa, then the world. That’s the mantra app developers in Africa should be repeating to themselves as they build their game changing tools. That’s what Agosta Liko and his team at Verviant are doing with their new web and mobile payment platform: PesaPal...PesaPal is an... [view entry]

In Bacher's Blog:Joy Ndungutse and Janet Nkubana are Rwandan women who were born in a refugee camp in Uganda. In 2003 they started a business assisting women to manufacture their own goods and sell them internationally. They began with six women working under a tree. Their task was to weave... [view entry]