Liberia’s Blackboard Blogger
Alfred Sirleaf is an analog blogger. He take runs the “Daily News”, a news hut by the side of a major road in the middle of Monrovia. He started it a number of years ago, stating that he wanted to … Read more →
Posts in Category ‘Communication’
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 + … Read more →
18 year old self-taught electronics “genius” invents mobile phone-based vehicle anti-theft system.
Morris Mbetsa, an 18 year old self-taught inventor with no formal electronics training from the coastal tourist town of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean in Kenya, has invented the “Block & Track”, a mobile phone-based anti-theft device and vehicle tracking … Read more →
AfriGadget makes Time Magazine’s “50 best sites for 2008″ list.
We just received some great news. AfriGadget was included in Time Magazine’s list of 50 best sites for 2008. This is quite an honor especially in light of the fact that AfriGadget is run entirely by volunteers. Good news though, … Read more →
Mobile Phone Ingenuity in Africa
This last week I had the opportunity to catch up with one of my favorite bloggers, Jan Chipchase, while we spoke together on a panel at the Global Philanthropy Forum. Jan works for Nokia as what can best be described … Read more →