7. FROM STEM TO STEAM
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
MATH
Sunday, May 18, 14
8. FROM STEM TO STEAM
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ART & DESIGN
MATH
Sunday, May 18, 14
9. HANDS ON WORKSHOPS
oelectronics, music hacks, 3d printings, soldering, stopmotion, lemon powered cars, video game design, interface prototyping with makeymakey, straw
Sunday, May 18, 14
22. Big
problems
we’re
tackling
Egypt: Air pollution
Local makers will
build air quality stations
that will enable them to
measure and display
air pollution in real time
Tunisia: Transparency
Local makers will
design and code apps for
civic journalism and
transparency projects
Nigeria: Electricity
Local teams will design
smart solar panels, smart
batteries and converters
that will help them better
manage constant black-outs
South Africa: Water scarcity
Local teams will explore
desalinization solutions and rain
water collection for solving water
crisis in agriculture
Zambia: Education
Local teams will design
computational thinking
and ICT curriculum while
developing local software
businesses based on
the lean methodology
Kenya: Youth employment
500,000 youth who graduate
from various tertiary institutions
75% remain unemployed.
Local teams will develop
entrepreneurship coaching
workshops and design thinking
classes adapted to local youth
Ghana: Health
Local makers will design
and build a malaria detection
application that will measure
difference in light signal
to determine state of the
disease and best treatment.
Tanzania: Environment
In Dar es Salaam less than 5%
of the population is connected
to a sewage system. Local team
will create a simple a portable
sewage system made from trash
Sunday, May 18, 14