In 2010 the 18-year-old computer wizard traveled to Kigali, Rwanda. Kariuki got a job designing an automated ticketing system for the capital city’s bus system.

DESIGNING FOR AFRICA is the objective of many new technology ventures. Inspired by Silicon Valley, young entrepreneurs are bringing life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities. Robert Draper writes in national geographic that, Mark Kamau, Director of user-experience design for BRCK in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, holds a prototype for a mobile weather station.The continent is still a largely untapped market, particularly in remote, off-the-grid places. Read more