Industrial Design & Manufacturing
Materials & Semiconductor Technologies
Energy, Environment & Climate Change
Arts & creatives
Origin continues to develop programs for implementation of strategies to accelerate realization of its mission. To this end the Practical Field Lab, Origin Fest, have been very effective instruments for mapping of challenges and scoping problems, recruiting of challenge-owners, and subsequently mobilizing young talent to create solutions. In addition, the Origin Venture Growth School is of enormous value in supporting scale up of implementation of the solutions and ensuring long term sustainability. In order to cater for highly specialized fields, organized networks, industrial sectors and long-term partnerships, Origin has curated a number of Domain-Driven Platforms aligned with the Physical Hub of East Africa focus areas; viz., Digital and Frontier Technologies; Industrial Design and Manufacturing; Materials and semiconductor technologies; Energy, Environment and Climate Change; Arts and creatives.
Origin Challenges is a platform connecting African problems to African problem solvers.
We invite individuals, communities, companies, and institutions to submit real-world challenges—from local issues to industry-scale problems. Once submitted, these challenges are matched with teams of Origin collaborators: designers, researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs drawn from across the continent.
