Posts Tagged ‘makers’

A Visit to the Future Home of icecairo

{ Posted on Nov 25 2012 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : On the road
ice (short for innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship) is a growing network of physical workplaces where people can come together to share what they can do to solve problems themselves, in a way that has a positive—or at least neutral—impact on ...Read More »

Africa re:load 2012 – Highlights & Growing the AfriLabs Network

{ Posted on Jul 16 2012 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : On the road
I recently returned from Africa re:load 2012, an annual two-day conference hosted by the Bauhaus University Weimar and GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) and wanted to share some thoughts while they're still fresh. This year’s event was centered ...Read More »

Remote Controlled Toy ATV

{ Posted on Jan 18 2011 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : Off the beaten path
Miniature versions of vehicles are as popular with kids in Cameroon as anywhere else. Adult craftsmen across the continent use materials such as wire, beads and recycled cans to create toy bicycles, trucks and airplanes—many of which transcend the level ...Read More »

The Extraordinary Makers of Maroua

{ Posted on Oct 17 2010 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Categories : Off the beaten path
On the outskirts of Maroua, the capital of the Extreme North of Cameroon, is a place quite unlike any other in the country. Here a community of les forgerons—blacksmiths, or metalworkers—practice their craft in the relative cool of a tree ...Read More »