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 phoneThe virtual ink had scarcely dried on our story about South Africa’s upcoming Mahala Free Banking Platform last week when we received word of yet …
Free mobile banking network launched in South AfricaIn South Africa, an estimated 13 million people — 27% of the population — are currently without bank accounts. Simultaneously, 94% of the adult population …
Online marketplace showcases African artists and their storiesRegular Springwise readers are already well-acquainted with the power of a good product. Many of the street artists to be found in South Africa are …
Open source magazine for teens lets readers copy its contentWe’ve seen proof on numerous occasions already that open source principles are not applicable only to software. There’s the open source restaurant we covered earlier …
Made in South Africa, fair trade bracelets for Dutch soccer fansLike any major sports event, the FIFA World Cup is a prime merchandising moment, with vast quantities of t-shirts, scarves and those infamous vuvuzelas hitting …
Bars use technology to blend online and offline interactionWe’ve already seen a few uses of interactive technology in bars—both at the Adour Wine Bar in New York and in iBar installations around the …
