Africa Innovations: 15 Ideas Helping To Transform A Continent
Mina Holland, Ian Tucker, et al. | The Guardian | August 25, 2012
A mobile phone database for dairy farmers and a strain of sweet potato that can help fight child blindness. These are just two of the imaginative new ideas that are tackling Africa's old problems
1 HIPPO WATER ROLLER...
2 THE iCOW APP...
3 FARMER MANAGED NATURAL REGENERATION...
4 PORTABLE WATER PUMPS...
5 THE CARDIOPAD...
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