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Design Without Borders: Introducing user-centred design to Uganda

Design Without Borders facilitates projects in Uganda using user-centred design. >
Ugandan motor company unveils Africa's first solar bus

Uganda-based Kiira Motors revealed the first solar-powered bus in Africa – the Kayoola prototype bus. >
A tool to remotely monitor and support the rehabilitation of mastectomy patients

Pia Nyakairu has developed a wand-like product and app, which allows physiotherapists to monitor the progress of mastectomy patients over a digital platform. >
Joel Nsadha: From Kampala to New York

“People inspire me. Everybody has an interesting story to tell.” >
Papa Shabani: The healing power of photography

Ugandan photographer Papa Shabani’s project looks at the royal essence of Nubian women. >
Uganda’s clay and rice husk water filtration system

Access to safe drinking water in rural Uganda is a major health concern, but two graduates may have found a way to help. >
Martin Kharumwa: Making images for an African audience

Ugandan photographer Martin Kharumwa constructs images that appeal to different cultural contexts. >
Teddy Ruge: Frustrations are an opportunity to innovate

Kampala-based innovation hub, HiveColab supports forward-thinking, African innovation through an incubator and mentorship programme. >
Gloria Wavamunno: Fashion that responds to the surroundings

Ugandan designer Gloria Wavamunno draws from her environment to create local fashion with international appeal. >
Malaika Honey aims to alleviate poverty in Uganda with bees

The Malaika Honey programme is providing skills training and education to allow poor communities in Uganda to make a steady income through beekeeping. >
Hybrid tractor designed for more efficient farming in Uganda

In Kampala, a Makerere University research team unveiled a multi-purpose tractor to aid local crop cultivation. >
Clean cooking fuel for Uganda

Ugandan Betty Ikalany founded AEST in order to help women in her community have access to clean cooking fuel. >
Kigali's Isano weavers is one of the Rwanda's many skilled cooperatives

The Isano weavers is a cooperative of skilled weavers based in Kigali, Rwanda. All of its members are in some way affected by HIV/AIDS. >
This non-profit uses creative arts to empower the youth of Uganda

PHAU is a non-profit organisation geared towards the youth of Uganda using multiple creative platforms to reach out. >
Celebrating Uganda's street culture

Uganda's creative industries are on the rise and while there is still distrust for things "made-in-Uganda", the music industry has a massive local following. >
A Ugandan graduate can charge your phone with a bicycle tyre

Elliot Mwebaze has developed a device that enables phones to charge using a bicycle dynamo. >
Uganda Press Photo Award up-skills photojournalists

The winners of Uganda’s Press Photo Awards are the next generation of artistic photographers. >
Here is Snoggie, Uganda’s extraordinary political cartoonist

As Uganda enters election season, cartoonist Snoggie's political art becomes increasingly interesting. >
Scraps of fabric bring dignity to young African women going through puberty

Transformation Textiles provide Dignity Kits to girls going through puberty in order to help them deal with menstruation without interrupting their education. >
Robots in Uganda teach a new generation of innovators

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. >
Tree Adoption Uganda is helping impoverished youths start sustainable businesses

The TreeCapital tree-planting programme is turning young Ugandan adults into entrepreneurs and environmental activists. >
Matibabu: Revolutionising malaria detection

Matibabu is a smartphone application that tests for malaria without the need for blood samples and laboratories. >
BreastIT uses a glove and a cellphone app to detect cancer

Three Ugandan IT graduates have developed a cellphone app that can diagnose breast cancer, helping prevent deaths by providing essential early detection. >
The Zambulance is rural Africa’s answer to an ambulance

Non-profit Zambikes is saving lives by connecting residents of remote villages in Africa to critical medical treatment. >

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