Africa is Resourceful

"Africa is Resourceful" is one of the five themes explored in the "Africa is Now" exhibition at the Design Indaba Expo 2014.
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mPedigree Goldkeys app by mPedigree Network, Ghana
mPedigree Goldkeys app by mPedigree Network, Ghana
Opera Village by Francis Kéré of Kéré Architecture, Burkina Faso
Opera Village by Francis Kéré of Kéré Architecture, Burkina Faso
WinSenga by Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello and Josiah Kavuma, Cipher256, Uganda.
WinSenga by Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello and Josiah Kavuma, Cipher256, Uganda.
The Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate monitor by Philip Goodwin, Stefan Zwahlen and John Hutchinson, Freeplay Energy, South Africa
The Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate monitor by Philip Goodwin, Stefan Zwahlen and John Hutchinson, Freeplay Energy, South Africa.
BRCK by Ushahidi, Kenya.
BRCK by Ushahidi, Kenya.
Cardiopad by Arthur Zang, Cameroon.
Cardiopad by Arthur Zang, Cameroon.
Faso Soap by Moctar Dembele and Gérard Niyondiko, Burkina Faso
Faso Soap by Moctar Dembele and Gérard Niyondiko, Burkina Faso.
Moraba mobile game by Afroes, South Africa
Moraba mobile game by Afroes, South Africa.
M-Farm by Jamila Abass, Linda Omwenga and Susan Eve Oguya, MFarm, Kenya.
M-Farm by Jamila Abass, Linda Omwenga and Susan Eve Oguya, MFarm, Kenya.
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Francis Kéré
Francis Kéré
Diébédo Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso. The focus of Kéré’s drafts are climatic adaptation, low building costs and self building.
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Nowhere does the adage “necessity is the mother of invention” ring truer than in Africa where designers are coming up with ingenious contextual solutions drawn from the wisdom of local experience. Both high-tech and lo-fi innovations and services are also finding application elsewhere in the world.

  • mPedigree Goldkeys app by mPedigree Network, Ghana
  • Madiba2Go Buggy by Shonaquip, South Africa
  • Moraba mobile game by Afroes, South Africa
  • Opera Village by Francis Kéré of Kéré Architecture, Burkina Faso
  • Roadless Project by Ackeem Ngwenya, Roadless Ltd, Malawi/UK
  • WinSenga by Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello and Josiah Kavuma, Cipher256, Uganda
  • The Freeplay Fetal Heart Rate monitor by Philip Goodwin, Stefan Zwahlen and John Hutchinson, Freeplay Energy, South Africa
  • M-Farm by Jamila Abass, Linda Omwenga and Susan Eve Oguya, MFarm, Kenya
  • BRCK by Ushahidi, Kenya
  • Cardiopad by Arthur Zang, Cameroon
  • Faso Soap by Moctar Dembele and Gérard Niyondiko, Burkina Faso

Watch the Talk with Francis Kéré

Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West
Talks • Duration: 00:32:02 • 30 Jun 11
African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré.>