Innovation Africa

50 Influential Jews: Sivan Yaari - No. 39

The visionary founder and CEO of Innovation: Africa, Sivan Yaari has used Israeli technology to transform the lives of millions of people living in Africa.

 Innovation: Africa CEO Sivan Yaari.
 Sivan Yaari opens taps of clean water for the first time in Tanzania.

Innovation: Africa – using Israeli technology to transform Africa

 THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station, photographed by Expedition 66 crew member Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, in an image released April 20, 2022.

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 PARTYING HEARTILY in Tel Aviv for a good cause.

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Our goal has always been to create sustainable solutions, while paving the way for future entrepreneurs to change the way they change the world. Not just to build buildings, but to build communities.

 Haim Taib

Grapevine: The Bike Age

A round-up of news from around Israel.

GIRO D’ITALIA cyclists at the entrance to Yad Vashem.

Grapevine: In black and white

Whether they were Jewish or Arab, religious or secular, new immigrants or veterans speaking in Hebrew, Arabic, English or Russian, the message was always the same – enough bloodshed on both sides.

FROM LEFT: Inna and Mikhail Khodorovsky, with Tatiana and Leonid Nevzlin

5777 – what a year that was

A look back on the year that was makes one think that it wasn't all bad news for Israel. In fact, it was a year full of uplifting developments.

A Jewish man blowing the shofar.

British aid minister resigns over undisclosed meetings in Israel

After meeting Theresa May, the prime minister's office released Patel's resignation letter in which she apologized for causing "a distraction" from the work of government.

Britain's Employment Minister Priti Patel

Nefesh B’Nefesh helps olim navigate the tech ecosystem of Start-up Nation

Tech Talks program focuses on innovation and employment opportunities.

NEFESH B’NEFESH Tech Talk participants pose at last night’s event in Tel Aviv. From left: Moe Mernick, Silvan Ya’ari, Ilan Regenbaum, Devorah Mason, and Michael Eisenberg.

Wine Therapy: A most ‘illuminating meal’

Sivan Ya’ari is providing solar panels to remote African villages, granting much-needed electricity and access to water using Israeli technology.

NBA basketball star Dikembe Mutombo with Sivan Ya’ari at a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kosher travel and Israeli technology: A match made in heaven

"It was this Israeli technology that enabled us to affect the lives of hundreds and hundreds of people in this rural village in Malawi."

Chanah and Atida Walles attend dedication ceremony

Hillel's Tech Corner: Israeli innovation makes an impact in Africa

Innovation: Africa is an NGO with a mission to bring Israeli solar and water technologies to rural African villages. Read that sentence again.

INNOVATION: AFRICA is an NGO with a mission to bring Israeli solar and water technologies to rural African villages.

Israeli solar power: A literal light unto the nations

Israeli nonprofit ‘Innovation: Africa’ is working on the ground in 147 African villages.

People of Ínnovation: Africa' install solar panels on the roof of Nyanza Primary School.

COVID-19: The situation in Africa is worse than it seems

Millions across Africa spend six hours each day collecting contaminated water. The lack of access to water and hygiene puts these communities at the greatest risk, if COVID-19 reaches their villages.

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