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10 March 2016
For years, KickStart helped fund and set up water pumps to irrigate Kenya’s dry climate farms. But the power for these pumps cost...
10 March 2016
A new company in Kenya is turning all kinds of waste into energy, saving both money and the environment. The new system is...
10 March 2016
In Kenya, a new law requires people use solar power if they are heating large amounts of water. A Kenyan company is helping...
8 March 2016
Kingston, Jamaica—Ignoring the gusty wind and the pouring rain, a large crowd of young clean-tech entrepreneurs brought their...
22 February 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya — Global incubator 1776 announced the five winning teams of the Africa Challenge Cup, a regional pitching...
28 January 2016
Through affordable access to clinically-valid hearing tests, hearScreen aims to improve the lives of the 1.2 billion people who...
28 January 2016
Eyram Tawia and Wesley Kirinya—two friends brought together by their passion for innovation, creativity, and change—founded Leti...
28 January 2016
m:lab East Africa is a consortium of four organizations (eMobilis, World Wide Web Foundation, University of Nairobi, and iHub)...
28 January 2016
The informal sector generates approximately 60 percent of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, informal businesses miss out on a...
21 December 2015
A solar-powered lamp and charging device developed for a remote Jamaican fishing community lights the way for disaster relief in...