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A Ugandan Housewife’s Homemade Mobile Phone Charger

She uses ordinary size D batteries that are readily available in the village to power radios and torches. She wraped five (5) batteries together, then removed the plug from the phone charger and attached the bare wires to the + and – terminals of the batteries.

Mrs. Muyonjo is a housewife in a remote village of Ivukula in Iganga district, Eastern Uganda. She had a bad experience with a local mobile phone charger, so decided to hack her own solution in response. Read the full story on the Women of Uganda Network’s site.

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2 February 2009 - 9:29 am - :

I keep on saying that Afrikan people are smart. :)

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9 February 2009 - 10:09 pm - :

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Comment from djsee4
20 February 2009 - 6:13 pm - :

Simply put >>> > > > > > -> impressively crude

(i can walk away saying i learned a survival tip)

Comment from Ula
21 May 2010 - 10:44 pm - :

This is cool,Ulysses

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