"I had a feeling that Jokkolabs could help foster new forms of active citizenship."

"Everyone is always expecting us to say that we found the next Facebook, but it’s not about that."

"I see the entrepreneurs behind those companies winning prizes and hopping from one podium to the next."

"I am much more interested in companies like Dakar based agency 3W, which is specialised in digital communications, an…"

"Baila Ndiaye, he engineered and built a car in the technical school of Thiès, the third largest city in Senegal."

"He did it entirely with recycled materials. He is a chemist, not even a mechanical engineer, yet his car can reach a …"

"You wonder how he was able to imagine such a machine."

"He’s said he also wants to build a tractor and a plane. So there you have it."

"African inventors with great ideas who need nothing more than to be taken seriously."

"People like Baila Ndiaye are the reason we have become active in the maker movement."