GIZ AND C4DLAB CONVENE KENYA’S 1ST STARTUP ECOSYSTEM FORUM

GIZ, Make IT in Africa and C4DLab brought together the Kenyan Startup Ecosystem players at the Nairobi Innovation Week to convene Kenya’s 1st ever Startup Ecosystem Forum. The forum held on 11th June saw different ecosystem players including startups, enablers, academia, government and investors come together in a joint bid to support the growing ecosystem. It goes without saying that …

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GIZ ON THE WHEEL OF THE URBAN MOBILITY AGENDA

Who is the number one global champion of Sustainable Urban Mobility? Well you may have your opinion but one thing is very clear, GIZ is literally on the wheel of the sustainable urban mobility agenda. Find out why. In Kenya’s capital city Nairobi, innovative ideas addressing real life challenges in urban mobility didn’t have a space! GIZ through the Transformative …

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HANDS GET DIRTY, IT IS THE PROTOTYPING PARTY!

The curtains are soon being drawn on the Making Innovators November/December Design Thinking edition, currently being held at the University of Nairobi’s, C4DLab. The two weeks double bootcamp today attained its peak. The kids have been empathizing, defining and ideating for quite some time. Today, it was time for the hands to get dirty, their cerebrum had to be tasked …

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HERE IS A LOOK AT DAY 1 OF THE APRIL 2019 ‘MAKING INNOVATORS’ KIDS EDITION SEMINAR.

Well well well! It’s day one of the April 2019 Making Innovators, kids edition seminar and so far things look extremely good. The young innovators now have a background on design thinking, they have learned to work in teams, how to solve a problem using the circular design approach and already know how to sympathize with the user. Nice progress …

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HERE IS A LOOK AT DAY 2 OF THE APRIL 2019 ‘MAKING INNOVATORS’ KIDS EDITION SEMINAR

Welcome to our day 2 review of the ongoing ‘Making Innovators’ kids edition seminar at C4DLab. Yesterday the young innovators went through the empathizing phase of the design thinking process and today they will be navigating the definition and ideation phases. Take a look at how things were like today in the two main activities. Activity 1: Working in groups …

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HERE IS WHY KENYA’S 1ST MOBILITY ACCELERATOR IS THRIVING

Let’s begin by flashing back to May 2018 when C4DLab was presented an award to implement the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) Startup Accelerator. Being one of the flagship projects of the TUMI Global Urban Mobility challenge of 2018, the acceleration programme was meant to facilitate sustainable urban mobility innovations by offering mobility startups and innovators technical and financial support …

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HERE IS WHY MOBILITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING MOST IF NOT ALL SDGs!

Although sustainable transport is not represented by a standalone SDG in the 2030 Agenda, it is mainstreamed in a direct or indirect manner into many of the proposed SDGs, especially those related to food security, health, energy, infrastructure, cities and human settlements, and climate change. Here is why transformative and sustainable urban mobility is essential to achieving most if not …

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Housing associations should not fear Charity
When looking at the stories told by women with disabilities, we realised that violence was a recurrent theme, something women could potentially face on a daily basis. What we also recognised is that this violence was vicious and deep, meaning that it took numerous forms and shapes. We read a number of stories about mistreatment, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, and [...]
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How can we leave no one behind in health
When looking at the stories told by women with disabilities, we realised that violence was a recurrent theme, something women could potentially face on a daily basis. What we also recognised is that this violence was vicious and deep, meaning that it took numerous forms and shapes. We read a number of stories about mistreatment, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, and [...]
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IDEATION IN EQUATION, EVERYTHING GOES!

Young Innovators currently undertaking Design Thinking escapade at the University of Nairobi’s technology hub, C4DLab were today immersed into in-depth ideation on their Nov/Dec challenge. The kids who boast of an opportunity and platform to showcase their innovative ideas, to solve some of the challenges facing the African continent, came up with different ideas on their current challenge – Water …

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INNOVATION IN AFRICA

In most countries, the number 2030 carries with it a hefty tag. It holds a vision, the year that most countries will become economic powerhouses. Achieving this vision serves as great motivation to most people especially the youth within Africa. It is estimated that there are 1 billion people on the continent with the majority being young people under 35 …

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