Wadongo, who grew up in rural Kenya, made his mark early by designing a solar lamp made from mostly recycled materials that could be easily built. In his first year in college, he used part of his student loan to produce more of the lamps – and eventually transformed the project into Sustainable Development for …
The African Development Bank just launched the Africa Visa Openness Report 2016, and it highlights a huge problem: as Africans, we cannot move easily between our countries. On average, Africans need visas to travel to 55% of other African countries and can only get visas on arrival in 25% of other countries. This means they can only …
The annual letter from the Gates Foundation calls for an "energy miracle" — the creation of a cheap and clean source of energy to get power to the 1.2 billion people on the planet without electricity. "We need to try lots of crazy-seeming ideas so we can find a few that help us solve the world's energy challenge," Bill Gates …
Evans Wadongo is a multiple award-winning Kenyan engineer and innovator, known for his exceptional contribution to electricity generation in his country through the production of LED lamps (MwangaBora – “good light”) at the age of 19. He was also recognised as one of CNN’s top ten heroes in 2010. His technology is improving the lives of the people in …
When you search for #ParisAttacks, you get nearly 2.2 million results on Google. When you search for #KenyaAttacks, you get about 300. The Parisian response is a reaction to the terrorist attacks last Friday, which took 129 lives and injured far more. People around the world have expressed solidarity. Facebook users are coloring their profile …