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The Take 2 exhibition at Design Indaba Expo will showcase designers who have given waste products a “do-over”. >

The Street Store extends the popular pop-up store trend onto the pavement to give homeless people the joy of shopping. For free. >

We chat to the filmmakers of "The Stories of Our Lives" who risked their personal safety to depict the everyday lives of gay Kenyans. >

As Nando's prepares to ramp up its support for local design, co-founder Robbie Brozin tells us what chicken and creativity have to do with one another. >

Planters from billboard vinyl, solar-powered light bulbs and low-voltage power packs: three South African solutions for African problems. >

2015 Emerging Creative Camilla Kruger is dedicated to tackling tough environmental issues – first by designing her life around five principles. >

Ian Dommisse is upcycling your trash to give pre-primary school children a place to learn. >

Instead of waiting for roads to be built designers are finding their own ways to overcome the continent's challenges, says Matthias Reichwald. >

The three winners of the Better Living Challenge design competition each receive R500 000 worth of support services to develop their products for market. >

A global call to design out Ebola drew readers' attention this week. >

Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication. >

For architecture agency Beyond Entropy Africa, Luanda is a kind of muse inspiring bold, creative solutions to regional urban problems. >

In Senegal’s capital, a collective of creative activists called Les Petites Pierres is taking back the city for the sake of art. >

Megan King's social enterprise Colour iKamva delivers a bright burst of colourful hope to children's spaces in Africa. >

Meet Mugendi M'Rithaa, the Kenyan educator and activist who has been working behind the scenes to promote the power of design in Africa. >

Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal wants to shake up the world to create clean energy for people without access to electricity. >

Peter Krige has prototyped a pressure-tight closure that can be fitted onto easily available parts to create a shower for unplumbed homes. >

Ghanaian architect Joe Osae-Addo has designed a more affordable cement to be used for construction in Africa. >

Freeplay Energy's fetal heart rate monitor provides a safe and accessible solution for healthcare workers in developing countries during childbirth. >

Many girls in Uganda aren't able to attend school on the days they menstruate because they can’t afford the basic sanitary products. Makapads offers a solution. >