Africa needs engineers, but its engineering students often end up working at auditing firms and banks. Why? Kamau Gachigi suspects it's because they don't have the spaces and materials needed to test their ideas and start businesses. To solve this problem, Gachigi started Gearbox, a makerspace and hardware accelerator that provides a rapid prototyping environment for both professionals and people with no formal engineering background. In this forward-thinking talk, he shares some of the extraordinary projects and innovations coming out of his Kenyan fab lab.

Kamau Gachigi: Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace

Success stories from Kenya's first makerspace

Gearbox, a Kenyan makerspace, fosters innovation by providing a playground for engineers and non-engineers to prototype ideas into reality.

Empowering Africa's workforce through advanced manufacturing tools and education unlocks the potential for local solutions and job creation.

Africa's burgeoning population demands innovation; Kenya's makerspace fosters local engineering talent to meet this challenge.