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Microbial Fuel Cells

• African Development, Lebone, Microbial Fuel Cells

  Anniversaries

  03.22.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  There are some important events which deserve to be remembered.  Today is the 20th anniversary of the independence of Namibia–one of the very last African states to gain self-determination.  Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first president of the country on March 21, 1990 by the UN secretary-general, with Nelson Mandela and 19 other [...]

• African Development, Developing World Technologies, Energy, Microbial Fuel Cells

  Lebone + Popular Mechanics

  10.12.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Lebone was named one of the 10 Most Brilliant Innovations of 2009 by Popular Mechanics! We are very honored and humbled to be a part of this remarkable community of innovators.
  Just being in the same room as the other award winners (please read more about their truly remarkable work) is an experience that we will [...]

• Energy, Microbial Fuel Cells

  Lebone & MIT IDEAS

  05.05.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  We are very grateful to the MIT IDEAS competition for awarding Lebone with the Muhammad Yunus Innovation Challenge to Alleviate Poverty award at last night’s award ceremony. We look forward to a brief retreat later in May with the other winners to develop practical skills before we apply the grant money directly to prototyping [...]

• African Development, Developing World Technologies, Microbial Fuel Cells

  Lebone + WorldBank

  05.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lebônê won a $200,000 grant from the World Bank! Two Lebônê team members presented our proposal to an international jury panel in Accra, Ghana, and we were selected as a grant recipient. This is very exciting news and we are incredibly grateful to the World Bank, IFC, and all the other Lighting Africa participants.