Hardware Things: One for the road
Happy New Year!
I’m taking a break from Hardware Things, so this letter will be the last for a while. I think breaks are good for re-calibrating your energy and I hope to be back quite soon.
I’m grateful to all of you, especially those who have been subscribers since May 2017 and to the patrons who’ve supported this work.
So today’s letter is indeed one for the road. It’s a compilation of the 11 company profiles I’ve written this year, finally all published on Medium.
Before I get into that though, I would like to invite you to join Workbench. It’s a discussion forum for hardware, set up by Hardware Lagos. I’m on there a lot, posting links and starting topics as most boring people do.
Also, if you work in Nigeria, please consider completing the 2019 Hardware Survey. If you remember the survey results from 2018, the current survey has been reworked to focus on skills per received feedback.
Let get on with it then.
eNose (Kigali, Rwanda) is developing sensors to improve the quality of tea processed by smallholder farmers | What’s for breakfast?
SnooCODE (Accra, Ghana) is developing a new kind of postal code system that tells more than your address | Where do you live?
Trep Labs (Lagos, Nigeria) is developing RealDrip, an intravenous drip monitoring system that costs 2% the price of an infusion pump | What’s really happening in your veins?
Cibus Technologies (Kumasi, Ghana) is developing modular renewable energy systems | Like Lego, but for energy
HearX (Pretoria, South Africa) is developing high quality audiology test equipment and headphones to reduce disabling hearing loss | Can you hear this?
SUNBOX (Ibadan, Nigeria) is developing solar battery chargers for rural business centres | Get a box, rent power
FabLab Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda) is a makerspace that is completely free to use and runs without losses | Building technology together
GRICD (Lagos, Nigeria) is developing a portable cold chain storage solution for transporting pharmaceuticals | The right medication at the right time
Enova Robotics (Sousse, Tunisia) is developing telepresence robots for monitoring nursery homes | Robots to assist, not replace
gnuGrid Africa (Kampala, Uganda) is developing energy consumption sensors that help solar energy providers give the best after sales support | Data analytics for PAYGo Solar
Plentify (Cape Town, South Africa) is developing solar water heating systems that you pay off from your electricity savings | Spending less on electricity, saving the planet
I wish you all the best in the coming year; you can always reach me simply by replying this letter.
Chuma.