Marching Strong Three Years After the Unusual Solutions Competition
November 29, 2023
The Unusual Solutions Competition organized by WeRobotics looked different from most alternative funding opportunities when I first came across it....
Drone Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship: Hearing from the Winners 5 Years Later
May 25, 2022
In early 2017, we implemented our first “Drones as a Service” entrepreneurship program in Nepal. Hear from the competition finalists and winner 5...
From an 'Unusual Solution' to a Thriving Social Enterprise
February 9, 2022
Brice Sikem Nyuykonghi of Cameroon emerged as the winner of the Unusual Solutions competition and has since invested the prize money and his...
An Innovative Approach to Climate Literacy and Action in Cameroon
October 7, 2021
In February 2020, Yaounde-based entrepreneur Sikem Brice won the Unusual Solutions Competition, organized by WeRobotics with support from PLACE....
Reimagining Technology's Role In Climate Change Resilience
August 23, 2021
An update from the Unusual Solutions competition winner Map & Rank in Cameroon on the advancement of their climate action solution.
In Cameroon, Building Inclusive Climate Change Responses With Technology
May 24, 2021
Technology is increasingly having a transformative effect in the fight against climate change. The use of drones and various digital solutions, for...
An Afrocentric Approach to Tackling Climate Risk with Drones
November 16, 2020
Climate change has hit African countries hard. For a continent that contributes the least to atmospheric pollution but suffers the most from...
Helping Ensure Ethical Indian Drone Operations
October 8, 2020
The global civilian drone industry, including in India, is currently in a growth phase. Over the past years, the number of both drone users and the...
How We Enable Local Drone Entrepreneurs and Businesses
August 12, 2020
We have run our Drone Entrepreneurship program since our first year of activities, in Nepal, Tanzania, Senegal and now Panama, to enable the...
What We Learned From 'Unusual Solutions'
July 10, 2020
Organizing the first edition of the Unusual Solutions Competition was an insightful experience for us. We would like to thank Omidyar...