aid 2.0: it in africa (jeff allen)
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Not this Africa...
Source: BBC
This one!
Great capacity and creativity is ready and waiting for a chance to shine.
Source: Nubian Cheetah, Afrigadget
Source: William Kamkwamba
Source: William KamkwambaSource: William Kamkwamba
Geek Corps Mali: http://mail.geekcorps.org
A solar-powered radio station in a Malian village that receives audio programs in digital format.
...and sends them on to the next village's radio station via point to point wifi.http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/26/water-bottle-wifi-in-mali/
Adapt to the context!
Lots of computers, not much bandwidth?Offline Wikipedia! http://www.moulinwiki.org/en
Le Source, from Kunnafonihttp://lasource.kunnafoni.org/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEmakw2OvQ
The Baobab Health Partnershiphttp://www.baobabhealth.org/2007/06/26/patient-registration-video/
In summary:
Not like this:•Expensive food airdrops•Field hospitals that disrupt local structures•Self-congratulatory signs that are recycled into stoves!
Like this!
Nii Simmonds
Open Source for transparency!http://www.akvo.org
African ingenuity and creativity on display.