Africa

A project in Kenya is claimed to be the country's largest solar classroom roll-out to date. UK-based computer company Aleutia is building a classroom in each of Kenya’s 47 counties, which will serve over 20,000 primary school children.

For park rangers patrolling the porous, poacher-friendly borders of Africa's national parks, conserving rhino and elephant populations is certainly a tall order. But equipped with drones, big data and high-tech infrared cameras, one group says it has the capabilities to start stemming the tide.

In June 2015, Dubai-based Middle East Development plans to begin work on a new skyscraper that will be the tallest in Africa. Based in Casablanca, Morocco, the mixed-use tower will rise to a height of 540 m (1,771 ft), easily dwarfing all other buildings on the continent.

Humanitarian design organization Orkidstudio recently completed work on an orphanage that houses disadvantaged and homeless kids in Kenya and sports some good green design.

Hello Hub is a solar-powered outdoor kiosk that features two touchscreen computers loaded with educational software, and an internet connection to help kids and adults in Nigeria learn and get online.

For the past couple of years, UNICEF Uganda and partners have been designing, developing, prototyping and rolling out youth-focused community computers that can operate on- or off-grid. The UK's Aleutia is now working on a new open source, low power computer system for the updated Digital Drum.

Claimed to be Africa’s first home-grown military aircraft, the Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), is designed to perform duties similar to both attack helicopters and reconnaissance planes.

Water-borne bacteria and viruses can cause serious health problems, but many places in Africa do not have access to clean drinking water. Mdori, in Tanzania, is such a place. In addition, its natural spring water is too high in salt and fluoride. A new water filtration system could change this.

Keepod is an initiative designed to improve access to digital tools in developing countries. It is an operating system that can be loaded onto a USB drive, which is then plugged into any PC. The team is raising funds for a pilot run in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

US-based technology company Not Impossible Labs, through its Daniel Project, has not only provided 3D-printed prosthetic arms for amputees in war-torn Sudan, but empowered the local community to continue the initiative in its absence.

The Kenyan government intends to spend a reported US$14.5 billion on the creation Konza Technology City, which Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hopes will become Africa's answer to Silicon Valley.

Targeted at the African market, LG's "Anti-Mosquito" air conditioner emits inaudible ultrasonic waves to repel malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.