Why Invention Education? 

Globally, pressing challenges persist in our communities. Inventions are needed to solve our world’s most pressing challenges, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Invention education is a call to action to improve lives through invention by establishing an ecosystem that fosters innovation, improves health, and reduces poverty.  Invention education prepares university students for the increasingly complex challenges of the future and generates innovations that solve urgent problems. Through invention education in Africa, inventors are mobilized to develop high-impact solutions that improve lives around the world.

Invention Education in Action

Below, read more about inspiring examples of invention education in action in Africa.

introducing the innovation landscape, a compendium of promising student innovations from African Universities

NEST360 Innovation Landscape

Hackathon Winners

NSE Journal Article: Design & development of an inclusive sanitation system

Daniel Kabugi, Biomedical Engineering student (Kenya)

Fight against COVID-19 has sparked innovations

group of people behind a ventilator

Nairobi IEEE Students Design a Low-Cost Ventilator Using Locally Sourced Materials 

Student explaining prosthetic arm to judges at 2022 Malawi Design Competition

Innovators Competition key in development – Chikaphonya Phiri

Design Competition Winners

Fourth Annual Malawi Innovators Design Competition Winners  

Team LAUTECH wins 2022 hackathon

Team LAUTECH Wins UI-UNILAG WASH Hackathon 2022

Various teams and the Funders Coordinating Committee of NEST360

NEST360 Funders visits the University of Lagos and design studio

Dean of Engineering, The vice Chancellor, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative

UNDP to fund Innovation Lab Project at MUBAS

This project is coming at the right time for Malawi where, as a country, we are carrying through the Malawi Implementation Plan for the first 10 years (MIP-1).

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reconstructing and equipping the Innovation Hub

Utano: Public Health Chats cover image

Utano - Public Health Chats Podcast

Image of 5 invention education experts at Skoll World Forum

2022 Skoll World Forum Panel: Transforming Invention Education to solve local and global health challenges

Malawi’s President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has been impressed with the various Covid19 related innovations showcased by staff and students at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) during his visit on June 1, 2020.

Malawi President Mutharika impressed with MUST COVID-19 innovations

Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology: Innovation for COVID-19

Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology: Innovation for COVID-19

How ‘frugal design’ innovations have helped communities during COVID-19

How ‘frugal design’ innovations have helped communities during COVID-19

Dr. Douglas Sanyahumbi during the presentation

Polytechnic holds Entrepreneurship & Innovation Workshop

Bubble CPAP

Bubble CPAP Machine Wins Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology Design Competition

Locally made PPEs

Malawi Design Studios: Poly & MUST provide locally sourced PPE & technologies to respond to COVID-19

Maskini and Dzonzi

Poly students win COVID 19 Challenge

A joint group of Polytechnic Students, their lecturer and DMI student who won the first prize

Malawi Innovators Design Competition

Design Competition 2020

MUST, POLY ORGANIZE INNOVATORS DESIGN COMPETITION

The Minister, Martha Chanjo Mhone, The Principal, Prof Kululanga, The Vice Principal Dr. Chitera, and other delegates during the competition

A brief report for the 3rd Edition of Malawi Innovators Design Competition - 2020

Student working in the design studio

CULTIVATING A COMMUNITY OF LOCAL INNOVATION

Ventilator splitter sample

USING 3D PRINTING TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 IN TANZANIA

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