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Lincoln Aviator preview at the New York International Auto Show this week

March 28, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Lincoln debuted its new mid-sized Aviator SUV at the New York International Auto Show this week, and it features a bit more high-tech bells-and-whistles than Ford’s luxury brand is typically known for. It can be turned on and driven using a virtual key on a smartphone. It will feature Ford’s new ...

Autonomous Standing Desk can order your lunch for you

March 22, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Autonomous says its new SmartDesk 3 is "the world's most powerful AI-powered standing desk."What even is an AI desk? To Autonomous, it means a desk that can order food for you. The company apparently partnered with Delivery.com to offer food suggestions on the desk's built-in control panel. It can " ...

Makita makes a coffee maker for the outdoors

March 20, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Japanese power tools manufacturer Makita has released a new rugged coffee maker that runs on battery power. The CM501DZ uses the same lithium ion battery packs as various Makita tools; the company says the largest 18V BL1860 battery is good for brewing about 640ml, or 5.3 cups.Makita released its fi ...

Rwanda introduces Electronic Payment for Rwanda Public Buses

February 27, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

By approaching any selected agents across all Kigali bus stations, you can easily buy and top-up your Tap&Go card at a cost of only Rwf 500.After buying your card, the same agent will be on hand to top-up your card, depending on how much you are willing to spendWith your topped-up card, feel fre ...

Innovation in Film

September 26, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Television and film have evolved and changed drastically over time. From the black and white film when people watched Charlie Chaplin with no sound. People relied on subtitles to understand what was going on and to get the dialogue taking place. It’s been years since the first films were made and ...

Consumerism VS Innovation

September 15, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

We live in a day and age where marketing and advertising play a major role in influencing us into buying goods. Sometimes we really do need them but most of the time we really don’t. We have developed a culture of buying so much we don’t look to see if what we are buying is actually necessary. W ...

Innovation in Gaming

September 15, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

I remember playing video games as a young kid. At friends, relatives or neighbours’ houses. The experience I remember most is playing FIFA ’98 on a PlayStation 1 at a friend’s house. The players had box shapes. The boots were almost triangle. They ran in 90-degree angles. They ran funny with n ...

Innovation in Fashion

September 13, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

There have been various innovations which have changed the way fabrics and clothing have been manufactured. Starting from the power loom, spindle, weaver’s beam to modern day sewing machine, innovation has been the major driving force in the way fashion trends have evolved over time.We may not all ...

IFA 2017

September 7, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Whilst going through my news feed recently, I came across news and activity on IFA 2017. For those of you who might not know what IFA is about, it is similar to a fair or an exhibition where manufacturers get to share and familiarise consumers to the products and concepts that they are currently wor ...

Wireless Earbuds

September 5, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Personally, I hate messy cables especially when it comes to earphones. For the most part my earphones usually break at the earphone tip just like my USB cables. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me but I think my solution has to be wireless earbuds. Sadly, I doubt that they’ll ever be wireless USB ...

Lincoln Aviator preview at the New York International Auto Show this week

Autonomous Standing Desk can order your lunch for you

Makita makes a coffee maker for the outdoors

Rwanda introduces Electronic Payment for Rwanda Public Buses

Innovation in Film

Consumerism VS Innovation

Innovation in Gaming

Innovation in Fashion

IFA 2017

Wireless Earbuds

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