Osman Saber

Sudanese inventor creating solar-powered solutions for desert communities

Osman Saber (b. 1982), a self-taught engineer from Darfur, developed 23 solar-powered devices using scrap materials. His innovations include:

• Noor-1: World's first sand-resistant solar panel (2013)
• Solar Camel: Mobile clinic on dromedary back
• Zalika: Solar still producing 40L freshwater/day from air humidity

Saber's Solar Camel Project delivered vaccines to 80,000+ nomads. He trained 317 women to build solar cookers from car batteries and satellite dishes.

Despite civil war destroying his lab twice, Saber's "Desert Tech Handbook" (written on camel skin) became required reading at Nairobi's University of Nairobi engineering programs.