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.