Innovation in Africa
People often complain that manufacturing skill and innovative flair are in short supply in Africa. Try telling this to Vincent. He built this minibus, complete with driver in 2 days using bottle tops and old bits of wire he found. What is lacking is simply an outlet for this talent and creativity. The list of factors limiting this is a long one; lack of education, foreign meddling in economic restructuring, corruption and mismanaged aid money to name a few. This innovation can never be stamped out however, it’s what we clever, opposable thumbed creatures...
Read MorePhotos from Kisumu’s Jua Kali District
Across Kenya are communities of informal sector businesses, known as Jua Kali, which translates as “under the noon day sun”. access:energy is based in the heart of Kisumu’s Jua Kali district where we work alongside a community of highly skilled, engineers, inventors, mechanics and electricians, that use local materials, local knowledge, and promote local production. Allan and Sam from the access:energy team, have been getting creative with their cameras, capturing Jua Kali from new...
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