Workshops are only the first step.
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After a workshop ends, participants are given the opportunity to continue their projects. We provide funding, space, and technical advising to finish the first prototype to test.
Our makerspace/karakana is open to the general public to use for a small fee of 15,000 tzs / day to cover utilities, tool usage, and some technical advising. We also work with a select group of Twende Innovators who would like to take their innovations to the next level by bringing them to market. We offer our makerspace/karakana, networks, knowledge, interns, and skills to these Twende Innovators, and they can tell you a little bit more below: |
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Innovators we currently support:
Colman Ndetembea - Multi purpose wheelchair
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The Kyaro Chair is like no wheelchair in the world. It was designed in Tanzania, to serve the needs unique to developing countries. It can fold into a standing frame and bench, and change sizes as the child grows.
Coleman developed the wheelchair in a CCB in 20XX. Since then he and his team created further develpment stages and tested the wheelchair in a range of schools and hospitals in Arusha and Kilimanjaro Area. |
Frank Mollel - Manure Spreader, Grinder and more
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Frank Mollel participated in the initial IDDS in Arusha in 2014. His innovation the manure spreader adressed the issue of unused fertilizer and provides a handdriven adjusted and optimized wheelbarrow for farmers in rural areas to make use of manure in agricultural buisnesses.
After receiving the microgrant and scale up scholarships Frank and his Associates founded MCA and currently push processes of scaling and further development of the initial innovations. |
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Interested in innovating with us? Check out our events on Facebook, come visit us at Twende, or contact us to join one of our upcoming workshops!
