Submitted by Sokari Ekine on 6 February, 2008 - 19:09

AfriGadget was started by a group of four African bloggers just over 18 months ago. The idea behind the blog was to raise the awareness of alternative technologies created by Africans to solve everyday problems.

Africans have generally been presented as users and or copiers of technologies rather than as innovators. Yet the truth is the continent is full of appropriate technologies developed by ordinary people to solve ordinary everyday problems.

Recycling, which is now being advocated in the West, is a common sight in Africa. From Tanger to Cape Town adults and children can be found recycling tyres, tubing, wood, metal, electronic components and so on, creating new innovative consumer products and utility items.

AfriGadget has started a "Grassroots Reporting Project" with the aim of:

We’re intent on getting more AfriGadget contributors from all over Africa. Part of that plan is to find potential editors and set them up with a mobile phone with which to take pictures and do interviews. If you know someone that would make a good fit, let me know.

If you or you know anyone who might be interested in participating in this project please contact AfriGadget via their blog.

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Submitted by Kabissa Community on 6 February, 2008 - 23:53.

Hi Sokari!

I love AfriGadget and am glad you decided to blog about it here. I loved the idea behind it very much from day 1 and think it's a terrific application of Web 2.0.

Speaking of Web 2.0, there are two other fun and engaging ways to join AfriGadget:

Flickr group (for photo sharing)
http://flickr.com/groups/afrigadget/

Facebook group (for networking around african gadgets)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/afrigadget/

I hadn't seen the grassroots reporting project yet and am really intrigued by the use of mobile phones. Such a great idea.

Perhaps some Kabissa members will get involved with it. If you do, please report back to us and let us know how it goes!

Cheers,

Tobias

Submitted by on 22 April, 2009 - 10:26.
That is so great! Some people, cannot afford this gadget. Just in case, you want to have one, then money is not available payday loan is being recommended, if happen that gadget is needed. There's an NYSE holiday that the rest of us don't get. The NYSE holiday that doesn't apply to anyone else is Good Friday, the Friday directly before Easter Sunday. The stock exchange and others around the world have closed on Good Friday for about a hundred years. You can still get payday loans and mail on Good Friday. The explanations of why some places close varies. One is that Irish Catholics demanded it, another is that the Christians and Jews that worked on the exchange wanted at least one holiday of either Easter or Passover to be given, but nobody really knows. What is known is that the NYSE closes on Good Friday. Doubtless a few people would give cash advances to get this NYSE holiday off the books.

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