Africa

Modern electronics rely heavily on one thing: lithium ion batteries. With carmakers gearing up to increase electric vehicle production, the demand for lithium ion batteries doesn’t appear to be slowing down. These batteries rely on an increasingly important supply of the metal cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central […]

A Swiss company is looking to the air to cut transportation costs in Africa.

Rwanda is laying the groundwork to one day become a competitor to Silicon Valley.

In Kenya, a growing group of amateur aviation enthusiasts are building homemade flying machines out of everything from junk metal to old car engines.

In some cases, a dearth of infrastructure can actually lead to innovation. No where is this more true than in the developing world.