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VIDEOS, PODCASTS, ARTICLES, and BOOKS

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

Africa's Untold Stories on Spotify and Apple Podcasts (podcast)
BBC's The Story of Africa (podcast)
Ghana Empire: Secrets of the Ancient Historical Civilization
The Ghana Empire - African Civilizations
Guyana: Ivan Van Sertima on Science and Engineering in 5,000 Years of African Civilizations
The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu (animation)
The History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi (20 episodes!)
The Lost Kingdom of Kush (animation)
The Great African Empire of Mali - African Civilizations
Mali's Mansa Musa, One of the Wealthiest People Who Ever Lived (animation)
Thirteen Ancient African Civilizations You Should Know About
Zimbabwe's Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and Elegance in Ancient African Alphabets

ARCHITECTURE

Burkina Faso's Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to Build with Clay... and Community

ARTS and LITERATURE

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu on the AfroBubbleGum Movement
Ghanaian environmental leader Chibeze Ezekiel on sustainable energy
Nigerian filmmaker Dayo Ogunyemi: African filmmakers envisage Africa's future
Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa
Nigerian writer Chris Abani

CIVIC AND NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

Kenya's Naomi Mwaura: A feminist reimagining of Kenya's public transport
Jamaica's Mega-Projects 2023 - 2030

COMPUTERS, CODING, and VIDEOS GAMES

Jerry Lawson, Inventor of the Modern Video Game Industry

Behind the Google Doodle: Gerald "Jerry" Lawsons' 82nd Birthday
How This Man Changed Video Games Forever
Jerry Lawson 2005 CGE Keynote
Jerry Lawson Changed the Game
Jerry Lawson - Father of Modern Video Games
Jerry Lawson (Video Games Inventor)

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on doing business across Africa

EDUCATION

The African Leadership Academy
Ashesi University in Ghana
Ghana's Patrick Awuah: Educating Ethical Leadership at Ashesi University
Ghana's Frederick Swaniker on Transformational Leadership
South African physicist Neil Turok on creating the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, REFORESTATION, AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY

Agriculture: Agroforestry and Permaculture

Ethiopia: A Tale of Two Villages
Kenya: Desert farming in Wajir changing livelihoods
Kenya: Ahmed Suwez, Mandera farmer turns arid land into fertile farm, records bumper harvest
Kenya: Drought Tolerant Crops give hope to farmers - Martin Lumala's Story
Kenya: Grevillia (Silky Oak) Agroforestry
Kenya: Farmer Jenifer Masai on Benefits of Agroforestry
Senegal: Mariam Sonko - "Ecofeminism is About Respect - The Activist Working to Revolutionise West African Farming" (article)

Agriculture: Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Biomimickry, and Urban Farming

Benin: Zero-Waste Farm Uses Microbes to Produce Fertilizer and Harness Solar Energy
Grenada: The Operations of a Hydroponic System
Kenya: Growing Cherry Tomatoes in the Semi-Arid Region of Sabaki
Kenya: Peter Chege - Hydroponics Africa
Kenya: Peter Chege - Hydroponics Africa - Homepage
Kenya: Hope Wanjiru
Kenya: How to Grow Hydroponic Bell Peppers
Kenya: Turkana Basin Institute - A Green Transformation
Nigeria: Samson Ogbole - The Man Behind the Largest Soilless Farm in Nigeria
Nigeria: Samson Ogbole's 121 Hectare Hydroponic Farm Complex
South Africa: Gugulethu Mahlangu, Aquaponic Farmer (article)
South Africa: Gugulethu Mahlangu, Aquaponic Farmer
South Africa: Rooftop Hydroponic Gardening
USA: Charles Collins - Backyard Aquaponics Farming Fresh Fish and Vegetables
USA: Devita Davison - How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit
USA: Motown to Growtown - Detroit's Urban Farming Revolution
USA: Ron McCord - From Desert to Food Forest
USA: Ron Finley, Guerilla gardener in South Central LA
USA: Yemi Amu - Aquaponics

Agriculture: Container Farming, Greenhouses, and Vertical Farming

Cape Verde: Afroponic Purah Vida
Kenya: Dome Vent Greenhouse Tunnels
Kenya: Vertical Farming
Kenya: Vertical Farming with Ukulima Tech
Nigeria: Angel Adelaja - Entrepreneur converts shipping containers into productive farms
Uganda: Sack Farming

Construction Innovation and Upcycling

Kenya: Entrepreneur transforms plastic waste into construction materials
Kenya: Applied physicist and engineer Nzambi Matee recycles plastic into bricks

Energy: Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation

Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Namibia: 97% to 100% of Electricity from Renewable Energy
Ethiopia: Turning trash into energy, clean water, and bricks
Ghana: Lake Volta - The World's Largest Artificial Lake by Surface Area
Ghana: Lake Volta - Curse or Blessing?
Kenya: Geothermal Kenya
Kenya: Zero-Grazing and Biogas
Malawi: William Kamkwamba - How I Harnessed the Wind
Nigeria: Artificial Lake Technology for Power Generation

Reforestation: Great Green Wall, Tree-Planting, Permaculture, and Afforestation

Action Against Desertification (animation)
Baobab and The Great Green Wall of Africa
Burkina Faso: Barkissa Fofana - The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
Burkina Faso: Barkissa Fofana is confident that science can tackle desertification (article)
Burkina Faso: The Man Who Plants Baobabs
Burkina Faso: Turning the Desert Green
Cameroon: Fighting Desertification - Nigerian Refugees to the Rescue
Egypt: The Amazing Forest in the Desert
Ethiopia: Green Gold - feature-length documentary by John D. Liu
Ethiopia: How Ethiopians Turn the Desert into Fertile Land
Ethiopia: Regreening Ethiopia's Highlands: A New Hope for Africa
Great Green Wall - feature-length documentary hosted by singer Inna Modja
Great Green Wall - How 8,000 Food Forests Grew Africa's Great Green Wall
Kenya: Joseph Lentunyoi Creates Change Through Permaculture
Kenya: Wanjira Mathai on The Tree-Growing Movement Restoring Vital Landscapes
Sahel: Farmers of the Sahel and Tree Management for Climate Change Action
Senegal: Goran N'Diaye: - A Master of Permaculture Grows a Lush Oasis in the Desert
Senegal: Building a Green Wall for Africa
Senegal: Farmers in Senegal Plant Drought-Resistant, Circular Gardens
Why Africa Needs a Great Green Wall
Why is Africa Building a Great Green Wall?

Reforestation: Green Belt Movement and Wangari Maathai

Nobel Lecture by Professor Wangari Maathai
Remembering Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Prize
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | Independent Lens | PBS - feature-length documentary
Wangari Maathai: Activist, Author, Nobel Prize Winner - Chicago Humanities Festival
Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement
Wangari Maathai at 80: Tree Planter, Nobel Prize Laureate, Revolutionary
Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement
Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement | FreeComic Book PDF - UNESCO Series on Women in African History
Wangari Maathai Foundation
Wangari Maathai | Biography | English Stories by English Singsing (animation)
Wangari Maathai: The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Who Planted Trees (animation)
Wangari Maathai on the Value of a Tree, Africa and the Green Belt Movement
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940 - 2011) - feature-length documentary
Women Who Changed the World - Wangari Maathai (animation)

Water: Desalination

Somaliland: Growing Crops in the Desert with Seawater Greenhouses
Somaliland: Seawater Greenhouse (homepage)
South Africa: Solar-powered desalination plant produces over 10 000KL of water

Water: Harvesting and Geoscaping

Burkina Faso: Neo-Zaï Planting Pits
Burkina Faso: Yacouba Sawadogo - Farming the Desert with the Neo-Zaï Technique
Burkina Faso: Yacouba Sawadogo - The Man Who Stopped the Desert (trailer)
Kenya: Check Dams (gully rehabilitation and reclamation)
Kenya: Half-moons - The Maasai Secret Weapon
Kenya: Sand Dams
Kenya: Sand Dams in Kenya
Kenya: Stone Lines
Kenya: Terracing and Fanyaa-Juu
Kenya: Understanding the Zai Pit Method of Planting
Kenya: Wastewater Recycling Coud Be Model for Urban Slums
Kenya: Water Filters
Mauritania: Half-Moons Greening Mauritania
Malawi: Check Dams (Gully Rehabilitation and Reclamation)
Malawi: Water Absorption Trenches
Mauritania: Half-Moons Greening of Mauritania
Sahara: How Sahara Fog Nets are Making Abundant Water in the Desert
Sahel: Stone Lines
USA: Drink Water from Air
USA: EcoloBlue's 400,000 Litre/Day Atmospheric Water Generating Station
Wasterwater: Technology Provides Innovative Solutions for the Water Problem

LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP

The African Leadership Network
Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara: The Life, Legacy & Assassination of an African Revolutionary (animation)
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: How Women Will Lead Us to Freedom, Justice, and Peace
Sudan's Mo Ibrahim: Using Technology and the Economy to Drive Democracy

MATHEMATICS

Ancient Egyptian Math, Part 1
Ancient Egyptian Math, Part 2
Ancient Egyptian Math - Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Problem 41 - Cylinder
Ancient Egyptian Math - Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Problem 44 - Cube
Ancient Egyptian Mathematics (text)
Ancient Egyptian Mathematics (video)
How did the Ancient Egyptians find this Volume Without Algebra?
Measure like an Egyptian │The History of Mathematics

Black Women in Mathematics
The Ishango Bone: The World's Oldest Mathematical Tool
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (original page)
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (revised page)
Scott Williams: Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Updated "MAD" Pages Unveiled October 9, 2020


MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Cameroon's Arthur Zang: Inventing the Cardiopad
Malawi's Soyapi Mumba: Medical Tech Designed to Meet Africa's Needs
South Africa's Frederick Balagadde: Bio-Lab on a Chip

NEUROSCIENCE and BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES

Canada: Ephrem Zewdie

Ephrem Zewdie's company Possibility Neurotechnology
Ephrem Zewdie, lead scientist at the Calgary Pediatric Brain-Computer Interface Program
Ephrem Zewdie's scientific papers on PubMed

Ghana: Kwabena Boahen

Googling the Brain on a Chip
How to Build a Super-Efficient Super-Computer
Making a Computer that Works like the Human Brain
Neuromorphic Chips: Addressing the Nanostransistor Challenge
Neuromorphic Computing

USA: Carl Hart

Are Drugs Really Frying Your Brain?
"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and Myths about Addiction
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
Let's Quit Abusing Drug Users
People Are Dying in Opioid Crisis Because of Politicians’ Ignorance
The War on Drugs is Not Working

USA: Gina Poe

A Career-Defining Discovery
Everyday Habits That Make You Smarter: How To Master Memory, Focus, and Learning
Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State
Your Brain Works While You Sleep

PHILOSOPHY

Franz Fanon
Ptahhotep
Sophie Oluwole

Zera Yacob

“The African Enlightenment: The highest ideals of Locke, Hume, and Kant were first proposed more than a century earlier by an Ethiopian in a cave.”
The Hatäta.(Claude Sumner translation). Excerpts from Chapters Two and Six.
“The Significance of Zera Yacob’s Philosophy.”
“Zera Yacob’s Hatäta. African Precursor to Enlightenment Liberalism.”

ROBOTICS

Jamaica

Jamaica Autonomous Robotic Team Prepares For 2024 Lyon Competition
Jamaica College Robotics
Jamaica Winning Gold in Robotics Olympics
Jamaica Wins Gold at Robotics Olympics
Jamaican Robotics Teams
Jamaican School Children - Robotics Competition

Kenya

Technology at Crawford International School

Nigeria

FGGC Sagamu Robotics Team Builds Humanoid Robot
Olusola Ayoola, Engineer Teaching Nigerians Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Nigeria: Silas Adekunle, Inventor of MekaMons

He Built the Biggest African Robotics Company Ever
How I Created the World's First Intelligent Gaming Robot
How To Use MekaMotion: Stop-Animation Robotics!
MekaMon Berserker V2 - The Amazing AR Battle Robot
MekaMon - Getting Started
MekaMon Launches Robots Ready to Rumble in Augmented Reality
MekaMon V2: Serious Fun
MekaMon V2 Is Here
Nigerian Born Tech Genius Who Built The World’s First Intelligent Gaming Robot
Robotics and Coding Challenge: Over 50 Schools Participate In First Lego League
Robotics and Entrepreneurship with Inventor Silas Adekunle
Robotics, Gaming, and Augmented Reality | Reach Robotics
The World's First Intelligent Gaming Robot: MekaMon

Senegal

Finals Recap of the 2023 Pan-African Robotics Competition Engineers League
Girls Shine in Robotics Competition
Inside Senegal's Tech Revolution
Students Invent Robot for Telemedicine
WorldClass: Marème & Pan African Robotics Competition

USA: Ayanna Howard

Ayanna Howard, Roboticist | MAKERS
The Courage To Invent: A NASA Roboticist Tells Her Story | NPR
Engineering the AI Robots of Tomorrow
Make Robots Smarter (TED Talk)
National Robotics Week - Ayanna Howard
Should We Trust Robots, and Should They Trust Us? | Dr. Ayanna Howard | TEDxBermuda

USA: TheBlkRobotProject

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY

Space Programs in Africa Countries
Star Chasers of Senegal - feature-length documentary
 