Considering vernacular architecture as one of the major source of inspiration in sustainable design, the project intends to build new architectural components and prefabricated housing solutions that could be exported and adapted also into the European context. As a matter of facts the majority of the raw materials used widely in building construction as well as in advanced technologies are coming from Africa without a real economic feedback for the continent. Such approach would be a chance for African economies to transform their own material systems creating “local industries” with the aim to generate new labour opportunities. With this premise the [AFF] project intends to explore new-vernacular design as paradigm for digital manufacturing for sustainable construction that could be exported from Africa to the European market. The project is an applied research activity developed in partnership with the African Fabbers School based in Cameroon