‘Africa-tough’ portable phone charger is a business in a boxeChaja is a solar-powered portable charger that helps users make money by offering charging facilities in remote locations.
Project aims to make inexpensive prosthetics open sourceThe Coming Up Short Handed project hopes to develop open source prosthetics, enabling access for those who can’t afford commercial products.
Insulated bag enables low-carbon cooking via heat retentionWonderbag is an insulated device that greatly reduces fuel use by enabling cooking via heat retention.
Upcycled South African rugby balls create jobs and clean up streetsTOUCH trains unemployed seamstresses to make rugby balls using waste plastic bags and recycled billboards.
‘Whispering windows’ let stores interact with shoppers 24/78ta’s whispering windows use through-glass touch technology to allow customers to browse a store’s catalogue after hours.
From South Africa, a faster and easier way to apply condomsPronto uses a patented applicator to apply condoms in less than four seconds. The company is now targeting global distribution.
In South Africa, cardless ATM withdrawals via mobile phoneAdd / Remove The virtual ink had scarcely dried on our story about South Africa’s upcoming Mahala Free Banking Platform last week when we received …
Free mobile banking network launched in South AfricaAdd / Remove In South Africa, an estimated 13 million people — 27% of the population — are currently without bank accounts. Simultaneously, 94% of …
Online marketplace showcases African artists and their storiesAdd / Remove Regular Springwise readers are already well-acquainted with the power of a good product. Many of the street artists to be found in …
Open source magazine for teens lets readers copy its contentAdd / Remove We’ve seen proof on numerous occasions already that open source principles are not applicable only to software. There’s the open source restaurant …
