AfriGadget

Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others.

One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials. Below are some pictures and a video that discuss how he does it. Supplies needed:

• 17 gauge copper wire
• plastic sheet
• bamboo
• broken alternator

Here’s the video showing how it’s done:

A young man at the Takoradi Technical Institute in Ghana shows us how he makes his own headphones from scratch. (via Instructables)

Kikuyumoja shows us how he fixed an old Dell Latitude using a simple cookie tin.  True ingenuity, with an African flavor.  (He first tried with a Tusker bottlecap, but it proved to small)

Check out KikuyuMoja’s realm for the full story.