FOONDI

This 5 day bootcamp focused on interactive, hands-on workshops, where participants learned about the principles and use of Design Thinking, Artificial Intelligence using the IBM Watson, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Business Model generation.

Partnership with IBM Research Africa & Mekatilili Program

The PCB workshop was a hands-on session on PCB design, PCB etching, Circuit assembly after which participants got to 3D Print the case of your product. This interactive workshop was run in partnership with the team from Warefab Electronics in Kenya.

We held an Arduino and Wearable Tech Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.

This workshop covered an introduction to the use Arduino, basic electronics, sensors and actuators in creating interactive projects. Teams used this knowledge to build wearable tech projects using electronics.

This workshop involved building a simple, low-cost weather device that uses sensors to measure the ambient temperature, humidity and light intensity. These devices were also able to connect to the internet from where users could control and monitor the readings of weather device online using a simple web application.

During this workshop, participants learned how to connect interactive Arduino projects to the internet and this way, control and monitor them remotely either from your cell phone or from a computer.

This workshop was run during the Re:Publica 2015 conference and aimed at teaching impact design using solar powered technologies. More details here.

Foondi run a multi-tool CNC workshop (3D printer + milling machine) in collaboration with Qtron Systems. The workshop was run during the FabLearn 2015 conference on Equity & Diversity in Making. More details here.

Uganda has an abundance of boda bodas (motorcycle taxis) for an easy commute. However, some areas experience power outages and in the rural areas, people pay a small fee to have their cell phones charged.

To solve this, we run a workshop with Watoto Church Training Center in Mpigi, Uganda. Here, the technical students built a phone charge that runs of the battery of a boda boda (motorcycle). Hence, the problem was solved and a business idea was generated. More details here.

Design thinking workshop run in collaboration with Akilah Insitute in Bujumbura, Burundi. The workshop, aimed at teaching the precepts of design thinking & human-centered design, involved an interactive workshop on designing a better commute for the students. More details here.

This was a design workshop aimed at leveraging pedal powered technology in building a blender that was powered by a bicycle - a Bici-blender

Find more about this workshop here.