# AfricaOSH2020 - Focus on DIYBio & Sustainability **URL:** \ **Category:** Kitchen\ **Created:** [January 28, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747 "2020-01-28T07:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thomasmboa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/thomasmboa/32/60_2.png) [@thomasmboa](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/thomasmboa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/1 "2020-01-28T07:56:04Z")
Africa OSH Summit 2020 will be held in Yaounde, Cameroon, from 14 to 16 May 2020, under the theme **‘Growing the Do-It-Yourself & Do-It-Together (DIY/DIT) Culture for Community Transformation’**. It will be hosted by [Mboa Lab](http://mboalab.africa). **[Apply here](http://bit.ly/AfricaOSH2020)** **Hope to see you and Please Share in your different networks** \* @dusjagr @gaudi … The summit will host workshops, discussions and conferences on making, hacking and DIYBio for a wide range of stakeholders to engage with the processes of design, co-creation, problem solving. Additionally participants will be engaged on how the open science & hardware movement can contribute to sustainable change in Africa. Ultimately we aim to achieve an ecosystem for innovation that is locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically feasible, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS. We will close applications by **15 February** , and finalize participant selection in early March. To apply, please fill the form below or visit [bit.ly/AfricaOSH2020](http://bit.ly/AfricaOSH2020). ![AfricaOSH launching](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/cfa7b685c57beaa8cce9edccf56049ccf864f449.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![thomasmboa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/thomasmboa/32/60_2.png) [@thomasmboa](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/thomasmboa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/2 "2020-01-28T08:14:26Z")
@gaudi and @dusjagr Michel Pauli and I are planning to build the “Mur vibrant” (vibrant wall?) he saw during the workshop with you in Switzerland. We are planning also to have small devices like MiniPocket PCR during the event. I will be in Vienna from 02 -06 february and I will visit Gunter from Pavillon\_35. Perhaps I can receive some device from Vienna and bring them back. ---
**Author:** ![gaudi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/gaudi/32/21_2.png) [@gaudi](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/gaudi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/3 "2020-01-28T09:18:27Z")
Hi @thomasmboa . Michel told me about it and I am happy to hear you want to present PocketPCR to your community. I will make sure you get a device in Vienna - maybe we can even meet somehow. ---
**Author:** ![thomasmboa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/thomasmboa/32/60_2.png) [@thomasmboa](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/thomasmboa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/4 "2020-01-28T09:26:58Z")
@gaudi, yes If we can meet it will be great…Even if I don’t know how far is your Vienna to your place. ---
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/5 "2020-02-13T10:51:35Z")
Yeah!! this time I really hope that i can make it! Thinking about a specific topic to present/demonestrate/workshopping… @thomasmboa, should we have a call? ---
**Author:** ![thomasmboa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/thomasmboa/32/60_2.png) [@thomasmboa](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/thomasmboa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/6 "2020-02-13T12:09:45Z")
Hourrrrrrrah…so glad to hear that @dusjagr. Sure we can have a call. Just Let me know when you are available. ---
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/7 "2021-01-20T16:42:08Z")
What a great talk by @thomasmboa. he really get’s to the heart of the challenges of citizen science and it’s imperialistic approach. I would love to share some of your recent articiles here aswell to discuss with the global hackteria community, and use as future reference. (yes, feel free to also post articles in French) [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/2X/4/42d9502e4d8d916a7c0795e5e3a31e90bee45187.jpeg "Plenary talk: Openness as a pathway to support the SDGs – Citizen Science SDG Conference") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZrlsjMyCCw) Especially the point that a lot of grassroots citizen science has been in the end “judged” by those “experts” again, totally is in my line of critique. But how to “open” the interesest of ivory tower squatters to the real world? ---
**Author:** ![seah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/seah/32/202_2.png) [@seah](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/seah)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/8 "2021-01-24T08:26:51Z")
This is awesome! Participation can be virtual too? If you and Marc haven’t had your call yet, can I crash that? ---
**Author:** ![thomasmboa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/thomasmboa/32/60_2.png) [@thomasmboa](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/thomasmboa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/africaosh2020-focus-on-diybio-sustainability/747/9 "2021-01-28T16:24:50Z")
Thank you very much for sharing @dusjagr