Here’s an interesting simple, low-maintenance technology:“Elephant Pumps” that were introduced to rural areas in Zimbabwe and Malawi during the last few years. These rather simple, enhanced rope pumps (based on an ancient Chinese...
Topics: Community, malawi, pump, rural, sustainable, Water, zimbabwe

Bush camping is one of the greatest pleasures of living in Kenya – only if you have the right equipment. On a recent hastily planned trip to Lake Magadi hot springs we discovered too late that we’d forgotten the jiko (charcoal cooking stove)....
Topics: camping, cooking, Food, Gadgets, jiko, Jua Kali, Metal, recycle, reuse

Or How to get your camel milk to market in 40 degree C climate.My brother Dominic Wanjihia invented this gadget which he calls Fine Lined Evaporative Cooler, for rural application in Somalia - the cooling of camels milk for transportation . He was...
Topics: Add new tag, camels milk, Dominic Wanjihia, Energy, Evapocooler, Gadgets, Ingenuity, Jua Kali, rural technology, Somalia

Ruud Elmendorp, a video journalist living in East Africa, has done a more in depth interview with the young Morris Mbetsa who we recently talked about with his mobile phone-based car security system.“You don’t need a computer, you don’t.
Topics: auto, cell, Gadgets, kenya, mobile, mobile phone, security, Transportation

On a recent trip to the worlds greatest natural wonder (well, ok, one of!), the wilderbeeste migration in the Masai Mara, we had the pleasure of discovering an extraordinary bush vehicle repair outfitters in the lovely slum village of Talek, after our...
Topics: bush repair, Jua Kali, Masai Mara, puncture repair, Tools, Transportation