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First 'LabHack' in Harare, Zimbabwe

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Science education in Africa is often held back by shortages of laboratory equipment. A team from the University of Oxford developed a novel, creative and fun approach to address this problem – hold competitions where students design and build the equipment themselves! This video describes the success of the first ‘LabHack’ competition, which was held in Harare in June 2018. Eleven teams of students from across Zimbabwe competed in a challenge to design and build frugal, reproducible laboratory equipment.

The event illustrated the ingenuity and creativity of young innovators in Africa. It demonstrated that the LabHack model offers a platform for students and educators to take matters into their own hands in order to design and build the equipment they need in their institutions.

For more information about the LabHack project see http://www.labhackathon.com

Video filmed and produced by Jeffrey Barbee/Alliance Earth
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