Another Awesome AfriCAN week 20190919

#Congratulations!

A massive congratulations to #SouthAfrica's Ndlovu Youth Choir who made it to the finals of America's Got Talent (#AGT). Wow, they certainly had me in tears and filled with pride every time they performed. #ProudlySouthAfrican #ProudlyAfrican 

#Ghana

What a great initiative, this business tackles environmental, social and economic issues. Bamboo bicycles are the brainchild of Bernice Dapaah who founded the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative (GBBI) a decade ago. Located in Kumasi in southern Ghana, GBBI employs about 50 workers, mostly women. It produces and sells handmade bicycles for between $150 and $300 a piece. “We have different types of bikes. We have the bikes suitable for men and those suitable for women. We also have mountain, road and city bikes, as well as cargo bikes that farmers use to carry goods,” Dapaah told Africa Renewal.[via HowWeMadeItInAfrica]

#SouthAfrica

Congratulations to South African artist Percy Maimela who has become a Guinness World Record holder after creating the largest coffee mosaic in the world. Maimela created a picture of popular South African DJ Black Coffee using nothing but coffee grounds. [via EWN]

#Senegal

Mamadou Wade Diop has been working with drones both in the photography and health sectors for years. But recently, he decided to work with local blacksmiths But recently, he decided to work with local blacksmiths and construct a drone made entirely in Senegal. He goes by Dr. Drone on social media and is the only person in the Dakar area who can fix broken drones. But recently, he’s taken his knowledge a step further, consulting with drone makers across the world on how to construct one of his own. Though he does a lot of work in the audio-visual sector, renting his services out to news and documentary crews as well as collecting drone footage of various places in Senegal to sell, the purpose of his drone will be in the health sector, a drone that can spread chemicals to prevent mosquito breeding in stagnant water. [Via: VOA]

#Zambia

Beehives built out of scrap wood in the country’s virgin forests have reaped rewards for 10,000 local families in Zambia. A former hedge fund manager has become one of Africa’s most prolific single-source honey producers through a social enterprise that impacts thousands of families.

The Zambia-based organisation, Mama Buci, meaning “Mother Honey” in Bemba, the local language was started ten years ago by former trader Martin Zuch and has since grown to provide more than 10,000 families with income. [via The Gaurdian]

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. ~ Zambian proverb