Africa, Food
Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system
I applied for this online short course hoping to find solutions, instead I gained skills for navigating a complex system. ...
Africa, Engineering, ETH4Development, Europe, Exchange Programme
Discovering a new version of myself and a ladder to a better future
Words cannot express how it feels to grow up in a tiny rural area and to have the chance to study at a world-class university! ...
Africa, ETH4Development
Silos, Zoom Calls and Synergies: When sanitation meets electrification
What do sanitation and electrification have in common? We share our experience in breaking silos, after meeting at the virtual ETH4D PhD colloquium seminar. ...
Africa, How we learn and work, togETHer
“We were stuck”
During the lockdown Antoinette van der Merwe was stuck in South Africa. She started a research project to find out how poor families are coping with the current corona cr...
Africa, Mathematics
Addressing Africa’s challenges with mathematical science
After a long stay with intensive studies in Zurich I felt a strong need for visiting new places, meeting new people, and getting new inputs – just what AIMS had to offe...
Africa, ETH4Development, Sustainable Development Goals
Installing Breaks on Ghana’s PET Race Car
In some parts of the world, discarded plastic bottles accumulate, as unstoppable as a race car at full throttle. You may place your bets on PET to fight this problem...
Africa, ETH4Development, Sustainable Development Goals
Energy access for all: we can make it togETHer!
African sunsets have something special. They always feel unique, intense and bring a fresh wind of hope. ...
Africa, Engineering, ETH4Development
Rwanda: A tale of coffee, art and energy access
They say that new cities bring with them new ideas and new experiences. I had the opportunity to venture to Rwanda’s cultural scene whilst getting some research done. ...
Africa, Climate change, Food
How to make feed from flies
In Kenya, fly larvae convert organic waste into animal feed. Engineering for Development (E4D) scholar, Moritz Gold works to bring the process to a viable scale. ...
Africa, Mathematics
The Future is African: A Unique Teaching Experience in South Africa
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences was founded with ambitious goals in mind. Find out how an ETH PhD student contributed to them. ...
Africa, Climate change
Understanding the role of big rivers in Africa
In the Zambezi River Basin, many living species coexist and interact on a daily basis. Find out how! ...
Africa, Engineering, Sustainable Development Goals
Future of housing in developing economies?
Is delivering housing through Industrialized Construction methodologies the solution to the housing demand in developing economies?...
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