African innovation truly coming of age

A couple of years ago you didn't hear the words "Africa" and "innovation" paired up quite as much as you do today. But just look at my schedule for the coming week, and you'll see how much things have changed.

By Erik Hersman

25 Nov 2010

On Saturday I speak at TEDxAntananarivo in Madagascar, and my theme will be on the equal spread of innovation globally.

On Monday I get back to Nairobi, only to shoot off to Naivasha for three days of the Open Innovation Africa Summit.

The last year I've spent building out the Nairobi iHub (Innovation Hub).

The Maker Faire Africa events in Ghana and Kenya have been about invention, ingenuity and innovation.

AfriGadget is built on telling stories of African solving everyday problems with ingenuity and innovation.

By and large, these are events and stories of Africans coming up with innovative solutions and products, solving their own problems and building their own businesses. It would be easy to think that this is just a meme. This is especially true for myself as I'm involved in so much of it. It's not.

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About the author

Erik Hersman is the founder of AfriGadget and is a contributor on [[www.memeburn.com]].