Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #1

Welcome to the first issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

This time, we have three things to share with you: a story, a report and a meet-up invitation. Let's get started.


Drones vs Locusts

This is a powerful, multimedia story about drones tackling desert locusts in Kenya, pioneered by FCDO-funded Violet Ochieng, a young MSc student at the University of Nairobi.

Click here to discover more about this pilot.


Using distributed manufacturing to address demand for PPE

An insight into the routes to building resilient, local production systems. Six routes, to be exact, surfaced from our team supporting innovators to use distributed manufacturing and circular economy approaches to address demand for PPE and medical supplies during COVID-19.

Read about the 6 key routes here


Frontier Tech Hub Ideas Showcase

Come along to the first Frontier Tech Hub Ideas Showcase, where you can hear about the 86 innovative ideas submitted by your colleagues at the FCDO and discuss their potential with others in the Network.  

Sign up to attend on 20th July at 12 noon BST 



That’s all for this edition…

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See you next time!

Frontier Tech Hub

The Frontier Tech Hub works with UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) staff and global partners to understand the potential for innovative tech in the development context, and then test and scale their ideas.

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