The document outlines a proposal for the Afrimakers initiative, which aims to promote STEM education and entrepreneurship in Africa by establishing maker hubs and training local mentors. The initiative plans to train mentors in 7 hubs across Africa to provide hands-on workshops for 400 children each. It will also provide maker boxes and fellowships to expand training regionally. The goals are to tackle local problems, train 800 mentors to reach 3000 children over one year, and make the initiative sustainable through workshop fees and sale of additional maker boxes and training.

1. Plant seeds of local
collaboration for
makers in Africa
Call for sponsorship
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2. Project summary
Goals & Impact
Methodology
Sustainability
Call to Action
About
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3. The Problem
Over
250
Million
children
in
Africa
don’t
have
access
to
STEM
educa;on.
93%
of
local
entrepreneurs
surveyed
Text
agree
that
students
need
access
to
specific
training
to
become
entrepreneurs
Patent
applica8ons
in
South
Africa
dropped
by
24%
from
2008
to
2011
Source:
...
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4. The Afrimakers Solution
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5. The
key
numbers
7
HUBS
IN
AFRICA
asked
us
to
go
and
train
them
to
work
with
young
people
(Kenya,
Tanzania,
South
Africa,
Zambia,
Ghana,
Nigeria,
Egypt
)
14
MAKER
BOXES
will
be
given
to
the
local
hubs
aLer
the
hands-­‐on
training
40
MAKER
FELLOWSHIPS
will
be
offered
for
members
of
each
team
to
go
and
train
other
hubs
and
makers
in
the
region
and
near
countries.
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6. The Afrimakers team
In April 2013 we met all the
founders from the Afrilabs
community at a conference
in Berlin and we spend a
week prototyping workshops
and talking about future of
maker movement in Africa.
As a result Afrimakers was
born!
The
Afrimakers
Story
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7. The
Ecosystem
of
change
Documenta;on
Solu;ons
for
Local
communi;es
Extremely
affordable
prototyping
tools
Afrimakers
Regional
collabora;on
Big
ideas
Sustainable
investments
Local
Makers
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Big
problems

8. Big
problems
we’re
tackling
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
Tunisia: Transparency
Local makers will
design and code apps for
civic journalism and
transparency projects
Egypt: Air pollution
Local makers will
build air quality stations
that will enable them to
measure and display
air pollution in real time
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.
Zambia: Education
Local teams will design
computational thinking
and ICT curriculum while
developing local software
businesses based on
the lean methodology
Nigeria: Electricity
Local teams will design
smart solar panels, smart
batteries and converters
that will help them better
manage constant black-outs
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South Africa: Water scarcity
Local teams will explore
desalinization solutions and rain
water collection for solving water
crisis in agriculture

9. Teams
and
partners
on
the
ground
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10. Making becomes a cultural manifesto.
The things we build define us as a society.
Dream
big
h
“ Real
innovaOon
re
appens
real
where
people
a facing
“
problems
and
constrains
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11. Timeline
and
Impact
Ini;al
training
on
the
ground
• to
provide
each
hub
with
a
maker
box
• to
train
at
least
5
mentors
per
hub
• to
coach
400
children
per
locaAon
in
hands-­‐on
workshops
Follow-­‐up
with
regional
collabora;on
Jan-Feb
2014
Mar- June
July-Dec
• 40
selected
mentors
get
a
fellowship
to
be
able
to
visit
and
trainother
hubs
in
the
region
• iniAal
team
projects
are
tested
and
prototyped
at
a
regional
level
• each
mentor
trains
other
20
mentors
in
the
region
Impact
challenges
for
local
selected
teams
1
Year,
7
impact
projects,
800
mentors
3000
children
and
young
people
trained
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• 3
global
challenges
will
be
launched
to
the
maker
community
• workshops
and
hackathons
for
young
people
will
be
organized
across
the
three
regions
(E,
S
and
W
Africa)
for
solving
these
challenges
• a
global
report
of
projects
and
best
pracAces
will
be
published
and
shared
on
all
channels

12. Milestones
training
on
the
ground
16-­‐20
Jan
Aswan
training
in
partnership
with
IceCairo
and
IceAlexandria
21-­‐27
Jan
Nairobi
training
in
collabora;on
with
Gearbox
and
I-­‐Hub
28-­‐3
Feb
Tanzania
training
with
Kinu
hub
4-­‐8
Feb
Zambia
training
in
partnership
with
BongoHive
9-­‐14
Feb
Capetown
training
in
partnership
with
R-­‐labs
15-­‐21
Feb
Lagos
training
with
HacKIDemia
local
hub
22-­‐28
Feb
Ghana
training
in
collabora;on
with
Open
University
of
West
Africa
See
live
calendar
here
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13. Our
Methodology
Contextualize
and
prototype
solu;on
Iden;fy
problem
•
•
•
•
•
•
Identify who is affected by the
problem
Identify main contributor to the
problem (expert matter)
Define target group & their needs
Check what is locally available
( People, Tools, Space, Electricity)
Make a list of possible benefits for all
parties involved
Think of interactive components to
engage young people (games,
examples,success stories etc.)
Strategy:
Build
an
architecture
of
incen;ves
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Check availability team & skills
Identify potential funding and timing
Define prototype features
List necessary materials
Prepare set up and use of location
Define number of local mentors that
will be trained
Prepare content for workshops
Finalize program and review initial
needs assessment
Strategy:
Focus
on
the
local
ecosystem
Pilot
a
fabrica;on
hands-­‐on
workshop
•
•
•
•
•
•
Pilot an initial fabrication workshop
together with 20 kids and mentors
Take notes, observe, reflect
Evaluate
Celebrate the first workshop success
Give certificates (DIY) badges to the
participants
Document process and project
Strategy:
Lean
approach
and
community
involvement

14. Cycle
of
our
criAcal
making
projects
PROTOTYPE
SOLUTION
LOCAL
MAKERS
COMMUNITY
IDENTIFY
PROBLEM
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TEST
AND
DOCUMENT

15. How
are
we
sustainable?
We
create
jobs
for
fresh
graduates
and
unemployed
young
people
Mentors
can
conduct
paid
workshops
in
private
schools
and
free
workshops
in
public
schools
The
community
starts
noOcing
the
benefits
of
knowledge
sharing
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The
iniOal
team
from
the
7
hubs
will
be
able
to
sell
new
maker
boxes
and
gain
funding
for
the
training
of
trainers
to
set-­‐up
new
communiOes.
The
iniOaOve
is
managed
and
owned
locally
and
will
grow
organically
thanks
to
the
engagement
of
the
local
people
and
stakeholders.

16. Revenue
model:
example
Nigeria
team
In
2012
we
received
2000$
investment
to
train
50
graduate
students
in
Nigeria
to
run
hands-­‐on
workshops
with
children
The
trained
team
has
organized
10
workshops
with
400
children
in
10
days.
Private
schools
paid
for
the
workshops
Public
schools
received
the
workshops
for
free.
All
costs
were
covered
with
the
income
generated
by
workshops.
The
same
investor
is
funding
now
the
hub
in
Nigeria
to
parOcipate
in
Afrimakers
Video
Hackidemia
Nigeria
Stories
from
the
local
mentors
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17. How
are
we
scaling
the
project?
We
created
an
applicaOon
called
Makehub
especially
for
documenOng
all
the
Afrimakers
projects
Makers
can
:
• document
projects
to
share
and
remix
later.
• collaborate
on
common
projects
• create
custom
kits
and
buy
the
required
materials
for
any
project
Ideas + remix
Documentation
Online
sharing
Idea
Makers
Ideas + remix
www.hackidemia.com/makehub
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18. How
can
you
get
involved?
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19. Donate
abundant
resources
Donate
Air
Miles
here
Give
us
access
to
your
tools
Make
your
support
visible
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20. Sponsor
a
local
makerspace!
Tools
Materials
Training
Mentoring
Sponsor
2500
$
for
a
maker
space
1
Maker
box
3
Maker
fellowship
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+
Training
for
400
makers
The
maker
box
for
1
space
contains:
• 4
Arduino,
2
Makey-­‐Makey,
1
Raspberry
Pie
• an
RFID
starter
kit
• a
Soldering
kit
• 5
Humidity
and
Temperature
sensors
• 2
Pulse
sensors,
1
Color
detector
sensor,
1
Carbon
Monoxide
sensor
• a
Camera
module
• a
Third
hand
• tons
of
tools
like
LEDs,
cables,
batteries,
bread
boards,
copper
tape,
tools
pliers,
scissors
and
alligator
clips
• training
materials
and
books
• and
lots
more!

21. Enable
your
employees
to
become
mentors
We
could
connect
them
with
the
local
teams
via
online
communica;on
and
organize
on-­‐site
joint-­‐hackathons.
ApplicaAon
form
for
mentors
available
here
Le#
Logical
Thinking
AnalyOc
Probability
ObjecOve
Verbal
Enable
your
employees
to
work
on
crea;ve
projects
with
social
impact
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CogniOon
Affect
SensaOon
Beliefs
Right
Crea3ve
Thinking
GeneraOve
Possibility
SubjecOve
Visual

22. Benefits
for
your
company
$
• Access
to
local
talent
• Localized
content
and
projects
for
computaOonal
thinking,
digital
literacy
and
entrepreneurship
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• Connexion
with
the
local
stakeholders
• R&D
Ecosystem
for
future
investments
• Great
PR
for
long
term
and
sustainable
involvement
in
Africa

23. About
us
HacKIDemia
is
a
global
organizaOon
based
in
Berlin
that
enables
future
changemakers
to
access
and
create
a
hands-­‐on
science,
technology,
art,
engineering
and
design
educaOon
that
will
enable
them
to
solve
challenges
by
developing
and
tesOng
creaOve
soluOons
and
physical
arOfacts.
We
believe
curiosity,
empathy,
and
play
can
change
the
world.
Founded
in
September
2012
as
private
foundaOon
by
Stefania
Druga,
former
Googler
and
Singularity
University
fellow,
HacKIDemia
has
trained
8000
children
in
25
countries
over
the
last
14
months.
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www.hackidemia.com

24. Some
of
our
workshops
www.hackidemia.com/workshops
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25. Help
make
a
difference
in
the
way
educa;on
is
delivered
and
empower
young
makers
in
Africa
to
learn
by
doing!
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26. THANK YOU !
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Plant seeds of local collaboration
Afrimakers
Phone:
+1
415
503
89
44
Email:
info@afrimakers.org
www.afrimakers.org
Powered
by
HacKIDemia
2013
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27. Get
in
Touch
Plant seeds of local collaboration
Afrimakers
CONTACT US
www.afrimakers.org
ON THE WEB
59
Reichenberger
Str.
Berlin,
DE
Medium.com/@afrimakers
Phone:
+1
415
503
89
44
Facebook.com/afrimakers
Email:
afrimakers@hackidemia.com
Twi_er.com/afrimakers
Mobile:
123-­‐456-­‐789
Youtube.com/afrimakers
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28. Appendix
Campaign link
Afrimakers book
Tool-kit for local teams
HacKIDemia previous projects
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29. Afrimakers
book:
Imagine
the
future
Afrimakers
wants
the
project
to
enable
parOcipants
to
re-­‐imagine
not
only
their
present,
but
also
their
futures.
This
is
why
we
have
proposed
a
sub-­‐project
called
"Imagine
the
Future"
as
a
part
of
the
iniOaOve.
Par;cipants
will
be
crea;ng
imaginary
objects
objects
from
the
future
A
community
of
sci-­‐fi
writers
have
agreed
to
write
stories
about
these
objects
o:
Alex
McDowell,
Alastair
Reynolds,
Hannu
Rajaniemi,
Ramez
Naam,
David
Levine
and
many
more
others.
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