A unique water harvesting method has been devised in the drought ridden crater of Mt. Suswa, which is dotted with continuously puffing scorching steam vents.Taking advantage of the steam vents that dot this landscape, local Masai have ingeniously...
Topics: Environment, Great Rift Valley, Ingenuity, kenya, Masai, steam vents, Suswa, volcanic steam, Water, water distillation

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In a previous post we told you  about the Kenya Ceramic Jiko, a fuel efficient stove, it’s such a common stove, we all have one at home.   But did you know that it was invented by Maxwell Kinyanjui?I recently I “discovered” another amazing...
Topics: Gadgets

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I have a talk that I give when people ask me to speak on AfriGadget at conferences that is called, “What do you see?”. It’s a visual and interactive quiz where I take the audience through different images of AfriGadget and ask them...
Topics: AfriGadget, appropriate technology, Environment, kenya, Materials, Metal, photos, Recycle & Reuse, sudan, Transportation

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Our good friend Forsty sent in the following picture of a “climatised” bus he took in Mopti, Mali the other day:While it may not be the perfect example of an AfriGadget, it still helps to illustrate how people make do with what is...
Topics: bus, mali, Transportation

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Matt Berg has put together a wonderful photo montage on how LEDs and 12v batteries are changing the face of connectivity and cheap lighting in Mali. Reproduced here with his permission are the images from the (large) PDF. “The mass market...
Topics: 12v, battery, china, Community, Energy, led, lighting, mali, power

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