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THE VIBANDA PROJECT …Is designed for the next Billion. The bottom pyramid food consumers. Kenya and Most of East Africa is full of informal cooking Markets.. Sub Saharan Africa and Asia.. MARKET: The market is largely the Slum dwellers City Workers College Students Construction Workers ...
Campus Chronicles
Campus Chronicles is an informative and entertainment Magazine for College and University students, students from institutions of higher learning and out of school students aspiring to join Campus. It covers and features on topics relevant to college students such as news, careers, internships, fashion, beauty, relationships, health, technology, entrepreneurship, environment, politics, governance, scholarships, young achievers, awards, music, events, entertainment, lifestyle, sports and personalities that drive college life while exposing local youth talent and creativity. It is published monthly by Chronicles Media Limited.
GETFRAMED™
The Getframed project is a photography project that try’s to bridge the cultural aspect of events. The logic is to take photographs of event attendees inside a frame. The reception of this project has been very positive.
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND DESIGN RENAISSANCE
(first published march 2012)
The position of a creative school in the world in this current age is held highly, the University of Nairobi Hosts the largest and oldest design school in East and central Africa accounting for over three quarters of the country’s creative human resource. In line with the country’s vision 2030, creativity is thought to be based on an element of future projections, an element that occurs naturally in a creative’s mind. The INTERNET provides an inimitable platform for communication and showcase, an incentive that comes with a global connect. In keeping global trends, the school of Arts and Design, is already a natural occurring creative hub in the middle of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi with equipped with on-line ready infrastructure and human resource. THE ACTIVATION CONCEPT The amount of cultured local digital content from the design school accumulated over the years is robust and undocumented thus unaccounted for. The social media age provides a well developed platform for school of Art and Design school communities come together with the view of its content activation, retrace and reconnecting of the design school’s family . The university of Nairobi science & Technology Park via the Fab lab’s incubation, provides the entire value-chain from lab to market through: support of research, protection of intellectual property, rapid prototyping facilitation, provision of business development services and assistance with investment. The design school- fab lab “active interaction” link activated, Creative chain would be completed RECOMMENDATIONS Setting up a working social media strategy comes in good taste with the design school communities lifestyle demands and needs. It’s aimed at aiding the schools reconnect with a view of: Growing the school of art and Design on-line professional portfolio and policy Fostering a lasting working relationship with its alumnae Providing a platform for the outside “world” to witness and be part of the creative revolt in Kenya Maximizing the unexploited resource provided by the Kenyan government with the build up towards vision 2030. Suggested time line: by June 2012 the social media strategy be in place for the school of Art and Design A THOUGHT ON TIME The need for creative and geek Hubs in demand, The University is a naturally occurring hub. The physical location of the school of Art and Design come with an added advantage, its proximity to the busiest business hub the East side of the African Sahara. Dedicating the school of Art and Design as a part time Public creative’s Hub with the mandate of: Providing a platform for young innovators from the region of East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and Uganda) showcasing their practical technology innovations to East Africa countries, corporate, governments, NGO’s and fellow young professionals. With such a platform in place, recognition, awarding and promoting innovation among young professionals as well as creation of opportunities for commercialization of their technologies by linking them to mentor is activated Initiate the move towards bridging the student industry government link. Exploring it a possible solution to the cost of education vs. inclusion.
(march 2012, by Wekesa Zablon, and Micheal Kang'ethe )
HAPA - ARTS
HAPA Arts is a grassroots community of artists that strive to express their talent and creativity through arts, crafts, music, martial arts, environmental management and many more dedicated projects.
HAPA will empower the community to embrace green solutions in environmental conservation efforts. We hope to start and provide effective -integrated waste management solutions to Nairobi and other metropolitan cities.
We have identified suitable partners like the University of Nairobi to mentor us with these projects.
We provide these products and services in commitment with the mandates of Kenya’s Vision 2030 economic roadmap.
"panorama" poster on Flickr.
For , the efficient use of this technology, kujaribu kujijulisha vipi kutaenda! we had to try it out at ADD, university of Nairobi.. playing around with it.
PAMOJA WAKENYA - UpArt Together (by MrWandiasilo)
Upart together is a group of students brought together by the love of music and arts in ensuring a sustainable environment through social interaction, cultural recognition and eco-sustainability.
The bridge, mobi, eco incubation hub…
The need for creative and geek incubation Hubs in demand worldwide, Universities are occurring academia hubs. The physical location of some of these universities comes with added advantages; their proximities to the busiest business hub the East side of the African Sahara. In Oder to maximize capacity, dedicating the Gardens, parking lots, playgrounds and other open spaces as a part time Public creative’s Hub with the mandate of:
Providing a platform for young innovators from the region of East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and Uganda) showcasing their practical technology innovations to East Africa countries, corporate, governments, NGO’s and fellow young professionals.
With such a platform in place, recognition, awarding and promoting innovation among young professionals as well as creation of opportunities for commercialization of their technologies by linking them to mentor is activated
Initiate the move towards bridging the student, industry, government gap. In that developing centers of excellence that bridge the gap between business, academia, research and government.
Exploring it as a possible solution to the cost of education vs. inclusion.
The concept
A fully furnished "trailer" equipped with wireless internet connectivity with a 100metre diameter, and other supporting tech is to be developed and deployed ... It’s a mobile platform for talks, performances and other mentorship activities. It’s got a possible sitting and bed space capacity and a power backup capability, it’s also mobile and easy to deploy.
Eco abilities: it energy friendly abilities; Solar powered, low energy consumption, its outreach capacity vs. its size
Co-functions
It’s a mentorship platform
It’s a mobile resource/information platform
A campus solutions centre: IT related problems, student life and campus maintenance reports
Advertizing platform
Research and development platform for city based universities
Other functions
Running social media strategies for university sports teams and clubs ‘campus life’:
Enabling successful sporting activities with an online outreach, sporting tips and sporting gear recommendations
Monitoring and spreading modern human culture
Partners/ powering organs
-The mentors
-the industry
-the students
-the government
Supporting provisions
Power sharing policy: the trailer needs a power source so the participating campus needs to power it when they can.
Parking space policy: availing a secure parking/docking space for the hub
THE CREATIVE HUB
A team of designers, engineers and other professionals man the hub attending to the students needs. They develop ways to solve current academia problems from the available tools for home grown solutions.
The creative hub structure (the bridge)
The bridge: the central office it handles management and backup of information
The mobi- hub: a trailer platform that is equipped with hub handling capabilities
The eco- hub: trailer docking outdoor spaces with lots of room for free sitting audience and close proximity to a power source when necessary: grass lawns, benches, play grounds…
Mainly for people with portable devices
SCORE KIBAO
Executive Summary
A sportsmanship sharing platform All scoreboards(to be developed) have a mobile app that links them together thus linking all gaming activities that are supported by the product. personal health-fitness monitor
Uniqueness of Idea
its based on a combination of mobile microwork and the global good that social media is able to deliver to the disadvantage regions via skill and talent exploitation. Both hardware and software will be developed. (physical scoreboard and the supporting technology) its a worldwide program..
Problem Statement
There is an inadequacy on incentives attached to the importance of sporting and gaming activities as a health-care option other than leisure and entertainment in most developing countries.
Solution Description
Developed countries have lots of knowledge on best sporting practices. now is the time for this information gap to be bridged. the development of a cross platform app/tool that makes use of the vast information collected via the score board is key. Initial Phase - Targets, Revenue and Client Cost, Universities and education institutions to start with. The score board is affordable
Case Study
case study in Nairobi, Kenya, the university of Nairobi's rugby team
Description
"It encourages the share effect in sports and taps into the abundance of opinion in social media to buildup sporting events as possible creative hubs It acts as a cheerleading enabling platform as it provides information of gaming activities available on the scoreboard schedule, player profiles and teams statistics"
Opens up the world of sporting gear and merchandise through showcase
“Most fire incidents within the halls of residence originate from electrical faults”
Electrical cooking gadgets are likely to trigger a fire, elimination of the use of such gadgets is difficult to enforce, thus fire breakouts arising from their use can be minimized by the right quality electrical fittings
Dialogue December 2011 issue no 22 page 6.
“Student welfare authority is faced with challenges: staff shortages: staff shortages; skill development; inadequate financial resources; low number of computers; inadequate network facilities; and an unsatisfactory communication system”
Page 10, university of Nairobi, Annual Report 2010
Roy Ombatti and Harris Nyali of University of Nairobi and The Fablab have been selected/shortlisted as one of the 7 finalists for "The 34D challenge"
Project Title: Printing shoes from recycled waste plastic for jigger infested individuals Project Concept: Manufacture of shoes from recycled plastic - The plastics are recycled and printed into shoes using a 3D printer. Tagline: #HappyFeet -Fighting jiggers in 3D #3D4D Project Benefits: a) Accommodate plastic waste b) Apply 3D printing technology c) The shoes can still be recycled after aging and wear d) Sustainability component: For as long plastic exists the shoes can be made/ Cheap and available raw material e) Creates employment- The entire process can be operated by community youth/ they can earn an income out of making the shoes and selling - Offers opportunities in collection and sorting of the plastic/raw material f) Social impact- Helps the community of people infested with jiggers, brings the numbers down and slows progression in the already infested/ keeps the children in schools (50,000 kids have dropped out of school in the last 20 months due to this problem)/ opportunity for community to see recycling in action.
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DSC_0253 (1) on Flickr.
varsity focus December 2011 Mean machine team captain Cedric Odera appealed for more support from the administration to motivate players and safeguard them from defecting to rival teams. Mean machine won gold in the 2011 impala floodlight tournaments main cup’ and silver in the universities category university of Nairobi, Annual Report 2010 The sports and Games Department is faced with: lack of enough office space; inadequate allocation of financial resource; the ratio of existing technical staff is over stretched for the required service; difficulties in incorporating the upcoming campuses in the existing sports programs; and inadequate sports facilities to cater for the increasing student population.
