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Rwandan genocide survivors received cows from the government but were unable to sell their milk at the local market until Chantal Butare came along. >

FundiBots, a Uganda-based organisation is using robotics training in schools to inspire young Ugandans to be the designers, makers and innovators of the future. >

Foster + Partners plan to overcome rural Africa's infrastructure weaknesses using a drone delivery system. >

Dalhousie University student, Keilah Bias has invented a pressing machine that turns agricultural waste into briquettes for cooking in impoverished communities. >

Six years ago, Deaftronics created a solar-powered hearing aid battery charger from a workshop in Botswana. Now, the tech is going global. >

Through the Ethical Fashion Initiative, African women artisans in rural communities lend their desirable and unique talent to high-end fashion designers. >

Using a computer algorithm to generate a unique code, SnooCode is a simple and effective solution for the lack of formal addresses in Ghana. >

Wecyclers, a fleet of low-cost tricycles, offers a convenient recycling service to densely populated, low-income Lagosian neighbourhoods. >

Activist photographer Masixole Feni has won the Ernst Cole award for his images, which show that inadequate sanitation robs people of their dignity. >

Matibabu is a smartphone application that tests for malaria without the need for blood samples and laboratories. >

UK-based tech firm Aleutia will this month construct solar classrooms in each of Kenya’s 47 counties in an effort to bring e-learning to rural Africa. >

Juabar leases solar-powered charging stations to rural Tanzanians to provide electricity and create sustainable micro-businesses. >

Qorax is the only international off-grid solar company serving consumers in post-conflict countries with clean energy and entrepreneurship training. >

Overflowing with Malian refugees and in need of classrooms, sandbags made for the most logical and durable building material for a school at Mbera refugee camp. >

EarthEnable's mission to bring clean, affordable floors to Rwanda could lead to healthier lives. >

Upgrading Africa’s largest slum has taken more than a decade, but the process is changing the conversation about how to handle informal urban neighbourhoods. >

Socially minded fashion label Le Dessien raises money to help underprivileged girls pay for an education. >

With only four northern white rhinos left, this design-oriented solution may be the answer to the catastrophic decline of rhinos due to poaching. >

Group exhibition “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” in New York celebrates the growing impact of African art and artists on the global stage. >

In honour of Madela Day 2015, Design Indaba gave R67 000 to help people make a positive change in their communities. Here are some of the images we've received. >

A new crowd-funding platform is hoping to help a little school in the township of Philippi realise the big dreams of its principal and her pupils. >

A rural Ethiopian village has been fighting climate change with a low-tech, innovative practice and selling carbon credits to fund local businesses. >

We are giving 67 South Africans R1000 each towards making their communities better through a creative intervention this Mandela Day with. What's your idea? >