The trick of making a microscope out of a webcam has been around for a little while and produces good results. However, getting a nice mechanical stage to focus the microscope and move around on the sample is tricky. The OpenFlexureMicroscope  is a 3D printable microscope, including a precise mechanical stage to move the sample and focus...Read More

IMPACT PHOTONICS engineers open-source and cost-effective scientific instrumentation that makes the best out of photons. IMPACT PHOTONICS’ main goal, via its flagship project GAMMA , is to provide healthcare-professionals with a high sensitivity absorption spectrometer, able to perform a blood chemistry analysis on-the-go for less than €2 per panel. With a core expertise in optical spectroscopy and...Read More

Philippe Delleur shares with us an interesting article on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa published by UNDP and edited by Ayodele Odusola, Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Haroon Bhorat and Pedro Conceição. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) recorded a remarkable economic performance in the first 15 years of the 21st Century. Such an encouraging trend, which reversed the stagnation...Read More

According to Deloitte, despite a slowdown of growth, the infrastructure sector in Africa remained dynamic in 2016 with 286 projects (with individual value above US$ 50 million) under construction, for a total value of US$ 324 Bn. Transport projects represent one third of them, for a total value of US$ 62.8 Bn. See below the...Read More