Published 25 July 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

How an ancestral know-how of bark cloth production became an international eco-fashion company, between Uganda and Germany.

Published 8 June 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

Peanut shells, rice bran, cow pat and homemade moulds… Our material maker continues her inspiring immersion in Togo, at the bio-sourced local material lab.

Published 19 May 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

In Togo, the makers community of Minodoo organizes OpenSourceTours, some wandering introductory events in the true spirit of open source.

Published 5 May 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

For her agro-material design agency project La Termatière, Caroline Grellier went off to Togo to observe the activity of a research centre in local materials.

Published 17 March 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

As TRATECH, a sort of maker faire in Ghana, comes to a close, Léonce Atanley, never without an Arduino in his backpack, tells Makery about his future projects as an experienced maker for Africa.

Published 10 March 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

In Ivory Coast, computer engineer and tireless advocate of free software Florent Youzan is the co-founder of Ovillage, a third-space in Abidjan that produces social innovation projects.

Published 2 December 2014 by Ewen Chardronnet

Seven African makers present their projects during the sixth InnovAfrica forum that brought together from the 24th to the 28th of November in Lomé, Togo, 150 Africans from 15 French speaking countries.

Published 10 November 2014 by Ewen Chardronnet

Burkina Faso had its quiet revolution on October 30th by demonstrating to obtain the departure of president Compaoré. The Ouagalab makers took part in the demonstrations whilst completing work on the future fablab.

Published 27 October 2014 by Ewen Chardronnet

Makers from Togo, Ghana, Benin and Ivory Coast met in June 2014 in Ouagalab, the first fablab of West Africa.