Even though Africa has produced some of the most innovative and successful scientists throughout the globe, African countries have struggled to retain that talent. A brain drain indeed, African scientists would rather study...
Dubbed the ‘Mark Zuckerberg of Africa’ by Forbes Magazine, Ghanaian Raindolf Owusu is a man who is trying to put West Africa on the global technology map. Owusu through his software firm Oasis...
At 23, when many people around the world are still at university, Gossy Ukanwoke, from Abia State Nigeria, had already started one. The young entrepreneur who is now 27, is the founder of...
THE first global gathering of African scientists, the “Next Einstein Forum”, is taking place in Dakar, Senegal. With over 1,000 people from more than 100 countries in attendance, it is shaping up to be the most...
At 7 years old, in 2013, Zora Ball became the youngest person to create a mobile video game. Now 10 years, the wizard programmer whose parents are immigrants from Kenya, is on scholarship...
Kelvin Doe was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1996 as the youngest of five children. His creative instincts have been with him as a child and he would often dream of solutions...
Twenty-two-year-old Khaled Shady is the Egyptian entrepreneur behind Mubser, an invention that assists the blind and visually impaired to identify and navigate around everyday objects. Shady’s inspiration behind creating Mubser came from wanting...
Three of the girls who invented the pee-powered generator In a stroke of ingenuity four teenage African girls have come up with a urine-powered generator. Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, all...
Ludwick Marishane from South Africa, started businesses as a teenager in Limpopo and even though he failed in some of his own brand like biodiesel, healthy cigarettes and a security magazine, he started...
Takunda is the co-founder of Neolab Technology, a multi award-winning startup working on pioneering technology fit for emerging economies. He is also the co-founder of Saisai Wireless, a startup that offers “free” WiFi...
Paul Miki Akpablie, a Ghanian and an international student at colorado college, USA, where he is studying Maths and Biochemistry as double major . He is 22 years old and the CEO of...