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Initiated by [[User:Agryfp|Andrew Paterson]] (Helsinki), in conversation with Michel Bauwens & Irma Wilson (Johannesburg), with aim to gain better understanding of the P2P developments in Africa that are emergent in the form of hacker & makerspaces and fablabs. Further suggestions most welcome to develop this list beyond the those listed in [http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/labs/ Fablab] directory. | |||
* | * Kër Thiossane in Dakar, Senegal: http://www.ker-thiossane.org/ | ||
* Feature on W.afate | * WoeLab in Lome, Togo: http://wlab.weebly.com/ (Feature on W.afate's upcycled 3D printer: http://www.ulule.com/wafate/) | ||
* Gearbox in Nairobe, Kenya | * Gearbox in Nairobe, Kenya: http://gearbox.co.ke/ | ||
* NGO Shalin | * NGO Shalin has been doing some appropriate tech/renewable energy projects in Kenya: http://shalinry.org | ||
*Open Taqafa | * Open Taqafa in Casablanca, Morocco: http://www.opentaqafa.cc | ||
* Elfabrika: https://www.facebook.com/elfabrika ( | * Elfabrika in Tunis, Tunisia: https://www.facebook.com/elfabrika | ||
* FabLab South Africa, http://www.fablab.co.za/ | |||
(update on South Africa via Irma Wilson: there's 8 in SA -- they are run through the CSIR -- only one of them (Shoshunguwe, North of Pretoria) seems to have any real vibrancy and uptake around it ; 3-5 December sees Johannesburg's 2nd big MakersFair ; SAIS is about to bring out a book on African innovations, http://www.saisprogramme.com/ ) | |||
=More Information= | |||
* here's a list of fablabs worldwide, including African countries: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/labs/ | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:51, 9 July 2015
Directory
Initiated by Andrew Paterson (Helsinki), in conversation with Michel Bauwens & Irma Wilson (Johannesburg), with aim to gain better understanding of the P2P developments in Africa that are emergent in the form of hacker & makerspaces and fablabs. Further suggestions most welcome to develop this list beyond the those listed in Fablab directory.
- Kër Thiossane in Dakar, Senegal: http://www.ker-thiossane.org/
- WoeLab in Lome, Togo: http://wlab.weebly.com/ (Feature on W.afate's upcycled 3D printer: http://www.ulule.com/wafate/)
- Gearbox in Nairobe, Kenya: http://gearbox.co.ke/
- NGO Shalin has been doing some appropriate tech/renewable energy projects in Kenya: http://shalinry.org
- Open Taqafa in Casablanca, Morocco: http://www.opentaqafa.cc
- Elfabrika in Tunis, Tunisia: https://www.facebook.com/elfabrika
- FabLab South Africa, http://www.fablab.co.za/
(update on South Africa via Irma Wilson: there's 8 in SA -- they are run through the CSIR -- only one of them (Shoshunguwe, North of Pretoria) seems to have any real vibrancy and uptake around it ; 3-5 December sees Johannesburg's 2nd big MakersFair ; SAIS is about to bring out a book on African innovations, http://www.saisprogramme.com/ )
More Information
- here's a list of fablabs worldwide, including African countries: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/labs/