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AfriGadget blog
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Author Today I’ll talk about a really interesting blog called AfriGadget:
AfriGadget is a website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. A team of bloggers and readers contribute their pictures, videos and stories from around the continent. The stories of innovation are inspiring. It is a testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.
Founded by Erik Hersman, the blog offers a overwiev of interesting products created by African people to solve everyday issues using resources available in poor areas of Africa.
The products showed in the blog range from an homemade robot in Togo to a simple and cheap solution for Nairobi blackouts and I’m sure you’ll like to have a tour across all the articles of this blog!
The site has been awarded by time.com as one of the “50 Best Websites of 2008” and is a great source of informations to understand Africans’ approach to product design and to develop a sustainable way for development in Africa.
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Pot-in-pot cooler by Mohammed Bah Abba
Mohammed Bah Abba is a Nigerian teacher, from a family of pot-makers, who became famous after receiving the $75,000 Rolex Award for Enterprise for his pot-in-pot cooling system for refrigeration.
The Pot-in-Pot system consists of two pots, a smaller earthenware pot nestled within another pot, with the space in between filled with sand and water. When that water evaporates, it pulls heat from the interior of the smaller pot, in which vegetables and fruits can be kept. In rural Nigeria, many farmers lack transportation, water, and electricity, but one of their biggest problems is the inability to preserve their crops. With the Pot-in-Pot, tomatoes last for twenty-one days, rather than two or three days without this technology. Fresher produce can be sold at the market, generating more income for the farmers.
The project is part of the Design for the other 90% exhibition.
A smart product locally manufactured using local resources. Easy to manufacture and effective, it rappresents the proper way to design for people living in poor countries.
