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Posts Tagged ‘Jua Kali’

  • January 23, 2012
  • 11 comments

Gigantic Electronics extension cable

“Safety First!”, you may think while watching the following video, but if the cheap (Chinese) polyethylene (?) extension cables just break too often due to rough handling and their low quality, chances are that someone will come up with an … Read more →

  • Posted in: Energy, Innovator Series, Jua Kali
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  • July 6, 2010
  • 33 comments

Poop piki piki for my biogas system

Piki piki means motorbike in Kiswahili This gadget was created to solve a real problem with biogas – getting the dung to the system quickly and efficiently. Motorbikes are the taxi’s of Africa so why not? Before I tell you … Read more →

  • Posted in: AfriGadget, Energy, Environment, farming, Gadgets, Jua Kali, Materials, music, Recycle & Reuse, Sanitation, Transportation
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  • April 6, 2010
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Dreams can come true – Janes miraculous Mitumba story

If your dream was to become a doctor and you ended up uneducated and living in a slum, would you just give up on life? Some of us might have, but not Jane Ngoiri. Jane dreamed of being a surgeon, … Read more →

  • Posted in: Community, Jua Kali, Materials, Recycle & Reuse
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  • March 2, 2010
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Drogba in Nairobi at juakali leather works

Deep in Kariokor, a slum and a hub of Nairobi’s juakali leather industry, you can’t miss spotting Drogba hard at work at his home made leather press. Drogba’s leather press is an assembly of diverse components. The fly wheels are … Read more →

  • Posted in: AfriGadget, Community, Gadgets, Ingenuity, Jua Kali, Materials, Metal, Recycle & Reuse, Tools
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  • October 3, 2009
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RoboCon Kenya 2009 Nairobi Regional

First Peaks The Ministry of Higher Education and Technology has organized a Robot Contest (RoboCon), between Kenyan Universities and middle level colleges. The regional competition is taking place today at the Kenya Polytechnic. Here are the first looks at the … Read more →

  • Posted in: Energy, Environment, Gadgets, Ingenuity, Innovator Series, Jua Kali, Recycle & Reuse, Toys
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