Technology
Building and deploying technology for real-world problems through practical design, responsible development and public-interest thinking.
Technology • Innovation • Impact • Africa
Building African solutions through technology and innovation.
CACHE is a youth-led organisation developing practical technologies and innovative solutions to challenges facing communities across Africa.
Our Mission
Africa does not lack ideas. It needs more ideas turned into solutions.
CACHE brings together young innovators, engineers, technologists, researchers and communities to design, test and scale solutions to real African challenges.
What We Do
We build with evidence, urgency and community knowledge.
CACHE works across technology, innovation, research and community impact to produce practical outcomes for African communities.
Innovation
Designing, testing and adapting new solutions to African contexts so they are relevant, affordable and useful.
Research
Using evidence, data and experimentation to understand what works, where it works and what needs to change.
Community Impact
Working with communities so innovation is accessible, sustainable and anchored in local realities.
Flagship Initiative
SAFE PATH AI
Technology for safer communities.
Safe Path AI is a technology initiative exploring how artificial intelligence can help people make safer decisions, understand potential risks and access better safety information.
Explore Safe Path AI→The CACHE Method
We identify problems, build solutions, test them and learn from the results.
This methodology is central to how CACHE works: identify, investigate, build, test, measure, learn, improve and scale.
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Identify
Understand the problem through communities, data and research.
02
Investigate
Study existing approaches and determine what is missing.
03
Build
Develop a practical solution.
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Test
Test with real users and real environments.
05
Measure
Collect data and evaluate outcomes.
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Learn
Identify what worked, what failed and why.
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Improve
Iterate based on evidence.
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Scale
Expand only when evidence supports doing so.
From Idea to Impact
Problem → Evidence → Idea → Prototype → Pilot → Measurement → Learning → Improvement → Impact.
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Problem
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Evidence
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Idea
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Prototype
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Pilot
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Measurement
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Learning
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Impact
Project Journey
From problem to evidence-backed response.
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Problem identified
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Research
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Design
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Prototype
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Field testing
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Evaluation
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Iteration
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Scale
African Challenges
Priority areas where practical innovation matters most.
Water
Access, scarcity and resilience.
ExploringSafety
Community safety and intelligent infrastructure.
Active focusDigital Inclusion
Technology access and participation.
ExploringClimate
Locally relevant resilience and adaptation.
Future areaEducation
Technology-enabled learning and opportunity.
Future areaEconomic Opportunity
Tools, skills and systems that help young people participate in the economy.
Future areaImpact
Institutional progress begins with disciplined implementation.
Impact figures are updated as projects are implemented and independently documented.
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Data pending: every figure is linked back to a documented method and source review.
Evidence
CACHE does not hide uncertainty. It documents it.
Evidence is part of the process: what is known, what is being tested, and what remains open.
Early evidence
People need timely and understandable safety information.
Evidence: Initial problem framing and field learning identify information quality and access as critical factors.
Source: Problem analysis
Under evaluation
Technology can support safer decision-making when designed around real needs.
Evidence: Concept development is informed by research, user feedback and practical design review.
Source: Research and design
Validated
Public-interest technology requires clear safeguards and transparent decision-making.
Evidence: Responsible AI and governance principles are part of the project design framework.
Source: Methodology
From Ideas to Impact
How young African innovators are turning local challenges into technology solutions.
Read Story →Latest Insights
Research, field notes and ideas shaping our work.
How young African innovators are turning local challenges into technology solutions.
The story of how practical ideas become tested, community grounded solutions.
Read more →Listening before building: a community-led approach to innovation.
Why the first phase of innovation is often careful observation and field learning.
Read more →What it means to build technology for African contexts.
The practical considerations behind design, relevance, evidence and local adaptation.
Read more →From a problem to a prototype: design that starts with lived realities.
A framework for early-stage experimentation built around people, evidence and iteration.
Read more →Partners
We work with institutions, communities and organisations that share our goals.
The partner grid below is intentionally structured for future institutional collaborations and real organisations.
Government
Universities
Civil Society
Technology
Development Partners
Communities
Foundations
Work With Us
Africa's challenges require African solutions.
We work with communities, institutions, funders and partners to turn ambitious ideas into practical solutions.