Tech and Innovation with Prince Banini | Episode 001

The Hive Tribe

The world of Tech and Innovation is continuously growing and this is especially true when it comes to the industry in Ghana. With Kumasi being the biggest tech city in Ghana, we are in an extremely interesting space to be having this conversation. In our first episode of the Hive Podcast, I talk tech and innovation with Kumasi Hive Technical Associate and amateur skateboarder extraordinaire, Prince Banini.

[Beats by Bryan Stanley!]

Prince shares three projects and initiatives that he has been working on related to the theme of the week: the National Mobile App Hackathon, Bridge the Gap IoT and Waziup.

National Mobile App Hackathon

The Hackathon brought 48 innovators from 7 regions in the country for a 5 day National Mobile App competition in Accra. The Hackathon saw 11 groups of young Ghanaians awarded with a total of $100 000 USD and 2 months of incubation to assist them with developing their ideas.

Bridge the Gap: Internet of Things (IoT)

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide for Future of jobs in Africa (Bridge the Gap) focuses on developing a pool of innovators and entrepreneurs by providing them with training in digital technologies including 3D printing, web development and internet of things (IoT), spaces, tools and access to mentors. We had 24 women participate in the IoT cohort, out of which 14 have joined organisations as interns and ten have transitioned into Kumasi Hive’s incubation program to fully develop their ideas and possibly start businesses of their own.

WAZIUP

https://www.waziup.eu/

WAZIUP is a European Union-Africa project developing IoT technologies in Africa. The WAZIUP project uses cutting edge technology from IoT and Big Data to improve the working conditions in the rural ecosystem of Sub-Saharan Africa. First, WAZIUP involves end users of IoT and Big Data in order to define focused validation cases. Secondly, it engages the ICT ecosystem by fostering new tools and good practices amongst entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Spotlight: Big Invents

The Big invents team seeks to provide an IoT wearable technology that wards off mosquitoes using far infrared light within 2 metres. This would reduce the number of malaria cases among Ghanaians in mosquito prone areas and would allow for people to carry out their outdoor activities comfortably and safely. Mavis Kusi and Adwoa Opoku Agyeman are co-founders of Big Invents and winners of the BTG GHS 10,000.00 seed fund.

Women in Tech: Remember these names!

Regina Hohnu, Founder of Soronko Solutions - Ghana

A software development powerhouse and a social enterprise that helps Small and medium Scale Enterprises in Ghana create visibility and grow their business with technology.

Jamila Abass, Linda Kwamboka and Susan Oguya, Co-founders of MFarm - Kenya

Abass, Kwamboka and Oguya are the founders of MFarm, a mobile software solution that connects Kenyan farmers with farm produce consumers in urban and export markets via SMS .

Anne Amuzu, Co-founder of Nandimobile - Ghana Amuzu, a graduate of Ghana’s Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is a co-founder of Nandimobile, a company that develops software that enables companies to deliver customer support and information services through SMS. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2014/03/25/10-female-tech-founders-to-watch-in-africa/

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