Building BRCK: The Story Behind Ushahidi’s Mobile Internet Router

Why do we rely on equipment made for Berlin, Orlando and Tokyo when the conditions we have in Nairobi, Lagos or New Delhi are completely different?

Why do we rely on equipment made for Berlin, Orlando and Tokyo when the conditions we have in Nairobi, Lagos or New Delhi are completely different?

That’s why we need something like the BRCK: the easiest, most reliable way to connect to the internet, anywhere in the world, even when you don’t have electricity. It’s currently on Kickstarter, where we’re asking for your on taking it from prototype to production.

The BRCK is simple, and it came from us asking: “How would we design a redundant internet device for Africa?”