The idea of Maker Faire Africa was put forward by Emeka Okafor, the Director of TED Africa. The aim of the event is to “create a space on the continent where Afrigadget-type innovations, inventions and initiatives can be sought, identified, brought to life, supported, amplified, propagated, etc.”
I think this is a brillant idea and great opportunity to see how local invention and initiatives are solving local problems. You can get more information about the event here.
Date: August 14-16 2009
Venue: Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, Ghana.
Price: This event is free to the general public. Sponsorship is welcomed!
For those who want to showcase their invention, you will need to register ahead of time and deadline is 15 July 2009
Its so funny. I have had a general idea of this project but just didn’t have the time to focus on it, until a group of friends sent me a message and said, “you are Naija blogger. Is this Emeka guy legit?”
I laughed so hard that day! If only they knew, but they do now.
I should send Emeka a message about it on FB if I ever have the time, but I commend him on his efforts as there is growing interest in this event. I hope it will be a rousing success and only regret that I won’t be in Accra at the time.
In fact, let me go put up a badge on my site. This is definitely worthy of support.
— solomonsydelle · 3 June 2009, 13:18 · #
lol @ “Is this Emeka guy legit?” comment
I'm still trying to make it to Accra for the event. It will be a very interesting showcase in my view.
— AL · 4 June 2009, 11:52 · #
that is an incredible idea, hope it works out
— techmasai · 2 July 2009, 19:43 · #