African ingenuity blogwatch: Solar panel vests, Ramadan kangas, training local doctors, and more
Roving Bandit, which advertises itself as “probably the best economics blog in Southern Sudan,” takes on the question, Why are Arabic streets so narrow?
Madaktari Africa “works to create stronger, more self-sufficient communities in the developing world. Our physician-volunteers train local doctors to manage an expanding range of specialized medical needs….”
A Wearable Flexible Solar Panel Vest.
Chris Blattman on The main problem with living on $2 a day…
…is that you don’t actually get $2 a day.
For the world’s poor, income comes in spurts. Cash flow is a disaster. The danger and frustration of this is apparent even to us rich middle class folks–I no longer worry about bounced rent checks, but it wasn’t so long ago that I had such concerns.
Of course, I could borrow from family, a credit card or (more often) a student loan. What’s a poor person to do when all the money comes at harvest, or all the money goes for a funeral or wedding?
That’s what four academics set out to learn in Portfolios of the Poor….
Ramadhan treats in Dar Es Salaam: Kanga or Room Service?
Who reasonably passes as Nigeria’s own version of the American icon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died some hours ago, at age 71. Chief Gani Fawehinmi [ganifawehinmi.com], the most prominent human and civil rights advocate Nigerian has ever had, died from complications of lung cancer.
Salute to Kenyan Stockbrokers Part I.
Nigeria: New Submarine Internet Cable Lands in Lagos.
South Africa: Free tickets to Mobile Web Africa 2009.
African Tech Quicklinks and Finding and Funding African Innovators.