Being on the ground in Nairobi makes it a little easier to find good AfriGadget stories. I took a walk down Ngong road, an area with a lot of shadetree mechanics, wood carvers and metal fabricators. The first place I stopped at had a home made welding machine.
Simon, the shop owner, showed me a couple of the machines and gave a video tour of how it works. He’s a prime example how an entrepreneur in Africa will figure out ingenious solutions to meet local market demands. The welders sell for around 14,000 Kenya Shillings (just over $200), but fabrication costs only a small fraction of that.
Below is the video and some pictures. (Another video will be uploaded later, connection speed issues preclude me uploading another one right now).
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entrepreneur in Africa will figure out ingenious solutions to meet local market demands. The welders sell for around 14,000 Kenya Shillings (just over $200), but fabrication costs only a small fraction of that.Homemade welding machine, Thanks Violet! - Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]
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it works. He’s a prime example how an entrepreneur in Africa will figure out ingenious solutions to meet local market demands. The welders sell for around 14,000 Kenya Shillings (just over $200), but fabrication costs only a small fraction of that. Link, with videos and more photos. Weird, it looks like the Afrigadget site has been eaten alive by some sort of malicious PWNer. Several BB readers wrote in to say that the link posted here includes a trojan hiding in an iframe, and that seems to me to be
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it works. He’s a prime example how an entrepreneur in Africa will figure out ingenious solutions to meet local market demands. The welders sell for around 14,000 Kenya Shillings (just over $200), but fabrication costs only a small fraction of that. Link, with videos and more photos. Weird, it looks like the Afrigadget site has been eaten alive by some sort of malicious PWNer. Several BB readers wrote in to say that the link posted here includes a trojan hiding in an iframe, and that seems to me to be
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it works. He’s a prime example how an entrepreneur in Africa will figure out ingenious solutions to meet local market demands. The welders sell for around 14,000 Kenya Shillings (just over $200), but fabrication costs only a small fraction of that. Link, with videos and more photos. Weird, it looks like the Afrigadget site has been eaten alive by some sort of malicious PWNer. Several BB readers wrote in to say that the link posted here includes a trojan hiding in an iframe, and that seems to me to be
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старой Honda Civic, Toyota и останков разбившегося Boeing 747. А этот сделал параглайдер из пластиковых мешков и другого мусора. Эти ребята наладилипроизводство сварочных аппаратовиз подручных материалов, найденных на свалке. Дети конструируют свои собственные игрушечные изобретения. В Кении создали
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