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Nigerian start-up, DIY Law, aims to make access to legal services and resources simple and affordable through its online portal. >

Alfredo Brillembourg has designed and built the Empower Shack, an innovative, urban design solution to the housing crisis in South Africa’s townships. >

Libromat transforms the chore of laundry into time spent reading picture books with your children. >

Totohealth uses SMS-technology to help parents take care of themselves and their children. >

Ugandan Betty Ikalany founded AEST in order to help women in her community have access to clean cooking fuel. >

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

The Tiger Worm Toilet treats both liquid and solid waste using composting worms that digest the waste. >

The Embrace Warmer is a low-tech incubator for low weight and preterm infants born in the developing world. >

Using the same one-step dipstick technology as the modern home pregnancy test, the Urine Malaria Test kit takes 20 minutes and requires little to no training. >

Designed to be self-administered and cost only one dollar, this contraceptive is changing the state of women's health in developing countries. >

Israel-based MobileODT is leveraging the power of mobile phones and selfies to improve cervical cancer screening among women in high-risk, low-income areas. >

Zinester, a social initiative, is giving children from Kenya’s biggest slum a chance to write and photograph their own narrative in a DIY zine. >

Non-profit sends life-saving treatments to remote areas of Zambia using Coca-Cola distribution techniques. >

The new Cube Museum in the Netherlands opens its doors to the public with a collaborative exhibition curated by six of the world’s top design authorities. >

Preventing wildlife poaching, prosthetic limbs and robotics in schools: 3D printing has multiple uses. Could it propel the “lagging” continent into the future? >

Facebook is designing and building a satellite to provide internet access to people in remote parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. >

The Hand Over initiative aims to rid Cairo of its slums using eco-friendly, human-centred design. >