BRCK

we’re a team of software developers, engineers and technologists who are from africa and live here. we have a long history of building things, such as ushahidi, crowdmap and the ihub. our expertise runs from cloud software to fingerprint scanners for mobile devices to high-level medical device prototyping and manufacturing. the brck was designed and prototyped in nairobi, kenya. we wanted a connectivity device that fit our needs, where electricity and internet connections are problematic both in urban and rural areas. as we laid out what such a device would look like – physically robust, able to connect to multiple networks, a hub for all local devices, enough backup power to survive a blackout – we realized that the way the entire world is connecting to the web is changing. we no longer only get online via desktops in our office with an ethernet connection, we have multiple devices, and mobile connectivity is crucial.