RSSMixhttp://www.rssmix.com/This feed was created by mixing existing feeds from various sources.en-gb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/UKioaVnympU/Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:01:53 -0500My good friend Jagi Gakunju who runs the Kenyan environmental cyclists club Uvumbuzi club told me about this project which immediately caught my attention. Its a collaboration with Africans and a Dutch organization.You can read all about Cycling Blue in Kisumu on their Cycling Blue blog The Cycling Blue Kenya workshop is providing courses, micro [...]292c141d7041e7231f18cedefd39ddca http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/JXfTzjM3lro/Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:41:28 -0500What do you get if you cross tractor tyres, motorbike wheels and a water pump? Well, in Africa you could get anything! Here’s an odd combination of things related to water – recycled tractor tyres cut to make water troughsThis contribution is thanks to Bankelele (the very cool Kenyan blogger) who responded to a recent [...]de262af50911d37f0b2bbd040f0af8b2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/YqqtlNCl2Ms/Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:18 -0500Our friend Bill Zimmerman, a technologist who runs a startup un-incubator called LimbeLabs in Cameroon, posted this interesting story on his blog about a teacher who makes an extra income by fabricating gadgets out of Bamboo.Avid readers may remember the Bamboo Bike project, so the idea of using Bamboo as an alternative and sustainable material [...]243ad8f961d6e2127b81c91c670956d0 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/5i2FBcN3tDU/Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0500Deep in Kariokor, a slum and a hub of Nairobis 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 made up of two used conveyor pulleys full of concrete. These are joined together by two used [...]74861f0012abfbb60d44f7bfe8c66a13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/GozgdrJcTac/Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:27:19 -0500This bizarre fabricated arc welding machine is the unique collaboration between jua kali and mitumba. Jua kali literally means hot sun in Kiswahili, and refers to the informal small traders who work outdoors in the sun fabricating mostly work metal and wood items, fixing cars and other household items. Unable to afford new tools they [...]87d76d949ca129ec6d278128fa15485b http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/7obwuDDvpk8/Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:44:17 -0500I have just spent a week in the field studying Masailand ecology and community conservation with Princeton University students. The location is not that remote (Kitengela and Olerai within 40 km of Nairobi) and the community are wonderfully resourceful when it comes to day to day tools for pastoralism.Tractor tyre trough for water for goats [...]f31d2d63b639852b3f000ff56b1963e7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/EQZ83ZJFSsM/Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:31:25 -0500In Baringo one farmer has come up with two rather interesting innovations.Murray Roberts is in the business of planting restoring grasslands which involves planting grass seeds in severely degraded landscapes.The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, while burying weeds and the [...]644df52666cf6a8cb9db25ac24abe5f1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/Ipvmgaa4QrM/Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:29:27 -0500Here’s another interesting idea from Dominic Wanjihia (see links to his other gadgets below) – the fuel efficient Sufuria. A sufuria is the aluminium pan that is used by virtually everyone in Kenya to make tea, ugali and for cooking vegetables. Like all pots that we use, energy is wasted around the sides of the [...]eeff4771966492278f9ee538c29b1b98 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/QQhgU-W3j-k/Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:46:17 -0500I love street food. Everywhere I go, from street markets in Russia, to back alleys of Beijing to side streets in Skopje, to the boulevards of Bamako, I make it a point to eat as many meals from roadside stands as possible. Ghana and Nigeria are no exception. In fact, I love [...]7980e5849846958d38810ae9ba52b233 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Afrigadget/~3/lZDAd4zy4RE/Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:59:52 -0500When Dipesh Pabari of Camps International sent me pictures of these laptop bags and bottle can holders, I just knew it would be something you AfriGadget fans would appreciate.The fact that discarded waste is converted to something very useful… Its definitely AfriGadget. I asked Sander Den Haring a few questions about these cool products.How did [...]2ca1c480594233dbd6a323cd3f625600