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A schoolgirl iterates through a traffic jam in Monrovia, Liberia. Photography: Jerome delay/AP.

African cities are more congested with traffic, but when will their roads blocked by cars built in Africa? In Ethiopia they try, with a range of models named after rivers Ethiopians. The Holland car brand is the result of a project led by Tadesse Tessema, which began as an import-export dealer before trying his hand in the manufacture of the car.

Holland car is supported by a Dutch investor and the cars are designed in China, which supplies parts. At the present time, the company is the production of six cars per day, but aims to increase production and to move closer to a product designed and Africa.

There are several other plants on the continent assembled produced elsewhere. For the years that Peugeot produced indestructible 504 s to seven different works, including Kaduna in Nigeria, which was tens of thousands of cars in the 1980s. But there were some attempts to build cars from the beginning to end.

Just before the Arab spring took a violent turn in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi has launched a car called the Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (Libyan Rocket), but despite its design aggressive Italian, it never reached production.

Outside of South Africa, the Kenya was the only vehicle entirely designed and developed on the continent. Former President Daniel Arap Moi has ordered the Nyayo in 1986. Four years after an unsuccessful coup, the car for all-Kenya joined other projects to give body to the ideology of the President.

The concept of Nyayo has been applied to many sectors of the economy controlled by the regime, by semi-public companies contributing to a tight control of the country. Many operated under a protectionist umbrella and Kenya become the habit of consumption of local origin.

It said that I had requested engineering at the University of Nairobi to design a car, however ugly or slow, suggesting that high performance was not a critical factor. The Central workshops of the Kenya railway and military bases were involved in the manufacture of parts for prototypes of Nyayo topped 120 km/h in tests on the road to Mombasa.

The Nyayo was not very intelligent, but his appearance had nothing to do with his failure. It simply become a source of funds misappropriated for cronies close to the regime, with not a single vehicle sold. Kenyan exploited assembling Land Rovers, Mitsubishis and Peugeot auto workers.

Despite the rise in growth during the last decade, Governments everywhere in Africa have no industrial frame policies capable of stimulating the local industry. The absence of such projects is a handicap for the future, according to a recent report of the United Nations Conference on trade and development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

In some factories it has Africa currently produces less than 1% of the manufactured products of the world. The economy of many countries African profit from the exploitation of natural resources and foreign direct investment, but it is for Governments to establish or restore the industry that promises prosperity, independence and the end of the unemployment that dogs of the continent.

Ghanaian Economist Kingsley Y Amoako has served as Executive Secretary of the Nations United for Africa Economic and implemented Commission established the African Centre for Economic Transformation advise Governments. In a room in the African economic magazine, he stressed the need for national policies to monitor the infrastructure program launched by the African Development Bank.

Apart from the South Africa and Mauritius, no sub-Saharan countries has an industry that can compete on the world stage, and he believed that each country should set its "own vision" with policies to encourage the development of industry and services.

"Load carrier for work".

In the coming months, we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas for Design of Core77 year this! We have been delighted by the breadth and depth of the presentations of this year and look forward to take a moment to honor the recipients of this year. For more details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the scholarship program, go to Core77DesignAwards.com

One of the three accounting actions for "charge carrier for the work".

Designer: Vikram Dinubhai Panchal - nest
Location: Ahmedabad
Category: Products and equipment
: Professional winner

Load for work support
The project "Load carrier for work" is an innovation to improve the working condition of the workers and workers in many places in the world, construction sites, factories, ports, railway stations, etc. The objective is to prevent occupational risks and showing the design of products and ergonomic consideration for the protection of human life.

The main purpose of innovation is to facilitate the three methods of lifting and movement of loads by workers, as over the head, back and push or pull action. The main new device structures are made of cane, components in plastic and metal materials. It is possible to make all of the plastic or metal structure.

The new design has two major parts, one that holds the load and the other based on the shoulder. DEVICE has two buttons, which facilitates the required function change manually to another one in the duration of a minute. This allows the three modular functions to carry lighter loads on the head, medium loads at the rear and more heavy to push or pull as truck loads. Ergonomic, the load is distributed on the shoulder and in support of the wood by softer material. The total weight of the device is KGS. 2 and cost approx. RS. 300 /-in mass production.

Core77 Design Awards: How did you learn that you had been recognized by the jury?

I learned that I was recognized by the Board of my students Varun Prabhakar, who wrote me an email:

Jin
Mr President, seen on Core77...
http://www.core77designawards.com/recipients/load-carrier-for-labour/
u have surprised everyone, as always...
sincere congratulations!
Regards,
Varun Prabhakar

What is the latest news or development with your project?

At the present time, I'll be interested to find sponsorship, marketing or a manufacturer take this design on the end user. I would like to make this more versatile with metal and plastic design principle. I am open to any organization interested in sponsoring, marketing or manufacturing.

Continue reading for details on the comments of project and a jury.

The year has broken the Maker movement

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About a year ago, I wrote a weekly post at Wired’s Gadget Lab called “DIY Friday.” The first story was about MintyBoost, a USB charger made from AA batteries and an Altoids tin, devised by Adafruit’s Limor Fried. That was what DIY/maker hardware news mostly looked like in the last week of August 2010.

Now, let’s look at the first week of August in 2011:

Design software giant Autodesk, creators of AutoCAD, Maya, Sketchbook and 123D, purchased Instructables, a popular online community for DIYers to share and discuss their projects, and help others build their own.MakerFaire Detroit, sponsored by Ford, Pepsi and Microsoft as well as Etsy, Boing Boing and O’Reilly, gently wound down after officially closing July 31, featuring everything from giant Halloween displays to sewing tutorials to tiny children on crazy leaf-blower go-karts. I wish I’d been there.Microsoft presented a handful of proof-of-concept projects for its .NET Gadgeteer, a competitor to Arduino that likewise promises easy-to-build open-source hardware gadgets using Microsoft’s .NET framework and Visual Studio/Visual C# Express. (This miniature arcade cabinet looks awesome.)GE launched a Facebook campaign targeting DIY makers to share designs for model aircraft and an airport, using 3D printers from the revered independent MakerBot.MakerBot got some more competition in the field of inexpensive, easy-to-build-and-use home 3D printers: Ponoko featured the UP! printer on their blog (which comes helpfully pre-assembled), while MAKE featured Ultimaker, which touts its speed. “This is what happens when you do something that’s successful,” MakerBot’s Bre Pettis said. “Other people figure it out, too, and start businesses. More 3D printers are good.”

Whether they’re at established mainstream companies or hungry startups, people all over the world have figured out that DIY can be good business. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson calls it “the continuing industrialization of the Maker Movement“:

What you can now see emerging are several vertically-integrated “making chains”, which go from authoring tools to design houses to service bureaus to communities to 3D printers — all aimed at the new consumer/Maker side of the business.

Reading Anderson’s post on Monday, I wrote in the comments:

It’s fascinating; on the one hand, we’re seeing hardware-building tools become easier to use, more broadly distributed, more democratic.

On the other hand, that broader base is helping to create successful companies, which in turn is attracting interest from bigger fish.

It reminds me a little of 20-25 years ago, when first personal computing with Macintosh, Microsoft and Lotus and then indie rock with Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr broke through from the margins into the mainstream.

Continue reading …

Like PCs and punk, the Maker Movement’s growth and mainstream visibility have been building for a long time. MAKE magazine was launched in 2005; the first MakerFaire in California in 2006 drew 20,000 attendees and doubled the next year. Clive Thompson wrote about the open hardware movement for Wired in 2008, profiling Fried’s Adafruit Industries; Wired’s Dylan Tweney even wrote an “Is do-it-yourself culture going mainstream?” post last summer.

Culturally, it’s mostly already happened — just like Hüsker Dü and The Pixies figured out Nirvana’s basic hard-rock punk-pop template years before. Only now, the business and commercial components are catching up in a big way.

Here are just a few more touchstones from the last twelve months:

Microchip designer ARM’s mbed project offers users an inexpensive microcontroller and a drag-and-drop compiler for simple hardware computing. It isn’t open-source, but like the new generation of Arduino boards, it’s comparatively easy for novices to use.MakerBot’s new Thing-O-Matic (launched in September 2010) makes desktop 3D printing easier and cheaper. In June 2011, MakerBot’s Bre Pettis appears on The Colbert Report.Amir Abo-Shaeer, a Santa Barbara high school teacher, wins a MacArthur Fellowship for his work in robotics and engineering education. Abo-Shaeer’s just one part of an increased emphasis on DIY education in K-12, partly centered around the FIRST Robotics international high school competition. Kids, teens, parents and young women are increasingly among the most numerous and enthusiastic makers.When Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor for Xbox goes on sale, the hardware hacking community almost immediately develops open-source drivers for the device. Microsoft initially appears to take a hard line against Open Kinect, then embraces it, eventually launching an official development kit for Windows. Users increasingly want to know how their commercial devices work and modify them for their own ends.Wired’s April 2011 “How to Make Stuff” issue features 25 DIY projects and Adafruit’s Fried on the cover. Bruce Sterling half-jokingly refers to the “maker superstar personality cult.” Nerds are cool, and nothing is nerdier or cooler than building and maintaining your own stuff.

The maker community’s largely taken this infusion of attention and the money it brings in stride. Many in the Instructables community are cautiously optimistic about Autodesk’s purchase of the site, particularly those who hope extra resources might improve the site’s usability or offer better tools to make and share projects.

In general, there doesn’t seem to be many bitter cries of “newbie!” or “sellout!” here. People are more excited and interested to know what they will be able to do.

MAKE/Adafruit’s Phillip Torrone makes the sharp observation that Instructables’ revenue is a drop in the bucket compared to what Autodesk makes on its bread-and-butter CAD products. It’s not really a play for more users, either. Instead, what Autodesk seems to want from Instructables is its talent and experience at managing communities. It’s quite likely that Autodesk will become more like Instructables — i.e., increasingly community- and consumer-focused — rather than the other way around.

I interviewed Torrone by e-mail to ask him about broader changes in the maker community and commercial ecosystem. Like Sterling, he observed that the new “hero cult” around popular DIYers had changed the public perception of the industry.

“There are more pilot TV shows that feature makers,” Torrone said. “Self-organized maker faires are common now. Makers do not require MAKE to come to their town; they’ll do it on their own” — or companies like GE or Red Bull will sponsor them.

The size and scope of the business has changed, too: “Between MakerBot, Adafruit, MakerSHED and SparkFun, that’s well over tens of millions of revenue.” With dozens of other companies making millions of dollars each year, “it’s a real industry now.” And for small companies and single proprietors, crowdfunding companies like Kickstarter have “made it easier to bring ideas to life.”

“Americans are building things again,” reads a General Electric report. “From Makerbot to GE’s Ecomagination Challenge, an open source competition to find the best ideas in cleantech, opportunities abound today for anyone with the motivation and imagination to get their hands dirty and create things that can solve some of our biggest challenges.” It may be sweeping corporate PR, but it suggests some of the possibilities and stakes of what’s happening.

Adafruit’s Torrone predicts that any or all of the following may happen in the next year or so:

We’ll see more large companies embrace the maker movement, [through] acquisitions, sponsorships. More companies / tool makers [will] compete to get makers interested. (IBM really adopted open source; it will be a little like that.)We will see a publicly held maker company.We will see more VC money flow in to maker companies.We will see political leaders visit places like tech shops or maker faires when they realize this movement is one our best hopes to fix the US economy and education system. (Will we see Obama at the next maker faire? We should. If not – whoever is running against him should [come].)

When I asked him whether this was a best-case or worst-case scenario, Torrone was coy: “This is the best case and worst case depending on how you look at it.” Either way, the future of the DIY maker movement is coming.

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The Sika clothing line

Phyllis Taylor designer subverts traditional prints from Ghana and contributes to transform its culture of couture in the process

"Tissue in Ghana can be very specific," says Phyllis Taylor, the designer behind the line of clothing based in London, Sika. It sources traditional batik and printed fabrics of wax of country of origin of his family in West Africa and uses them to create silhouettes ready-to-wear pieces carefully West.

We respect the fabric and the porter in places that are important. There is a style of fabric that Ghanaian women could bring to the Church. And then another would be for marriages and burials, "she said." "" But what I doing me, making prints and make them work for any occasion, was unknown. In Ghana, they would make funny comments on", she adds."

But for each eye "tcu" and the side as Phyllis received in cities such as Kumasi and Oda, it seems even more need-it-now lust shoppers in London and New York who likes it female, easy to wear dresses in 1950 and forms reminiscent of 60 years.

Phyllis, a former music industry executive, began four years of a desire to export the sensitivity bold of the traditional dress of Ghana in the Western worldto Sika. "When I was young, I go there every summer and see all seamstresses autour.". I always thought that it is a shame that you could see only that in Ghana, "she said."

If she went to London College of Fashion, where she studied the pattern cut and dress making and then return to Ghana, where she was hired for seamstresses to make his work. While his company became (Sika has expanded in vitrified and accessories), it is too much. "I wanted to give these seamstresses a chance to sew on a large scale.". I work with women were able to move in large buildings, purchase of new machinery and hire more people, "she said."

Phyllis hope that Africa could one day be known in the industry of fashion for its plants. "Ghana does not have the same history of couture that the Italy or the India not but they are now learning new techniques and begins to see this making traffic could be diverted to Africa." I don't know if we are ready to immediately. But it is certainly possible. »

SuzieBeauty

Suzie Wokabi (34) is the founder and Executive Director SuzieBeauty the Kenya Limited. Although she holds a degree in international relations from the University (USIU) International in San Diego United States, crushed Wokabi the world of the company to pursue a career in the beauty industry. Regina ekiru sat with Suzie Wokabi to talk about his company and build a business in the Kenya.

Suzie Wokabi

How did you start to SuzieBeauty Limited?

While in the United States, I worked as a freelance make-up artist with major manufacturers of cosmetics MAC Cosmetics. It is in this passage to MAC that I started to play with the idea of starting my own line of cosmetics. When I returned to the Kenya, in 2007, I started SuzieBeauty Limited, which offers add-on services to a range of clients. Later, I developed my mark SB, abbreviation for SuzieBeauty product line. I realized that most of the products quality available on the market are unaffordable to most Kenyans. I wanted to develop a range of products that offers a quality at an affordable price.

Tell us more about your line of cosmetics

The SB product range consists of a full range of make-up (foundations, powders, receivers, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, blush, lipstick, lip gloss, lip liner), care products (film forming, cream, cleanser eye, lip of moisture) and brushes of application of the skin. We use the SB product range in all our services during the past year contracts. Our intention was to try on our customers and get their feedback to help us improve the product. Until now, we are confident that the product is good quality based on feedback from our customers.

The beauty in the Kenya market, which is estimated at a value of Ksh.15 billion ($185 million), is flooded with mainly foreign products. My research shows that the development of products to meet our specific needs of the market has the potential to become a large and profitable business. The beauty industry is heavily untapped considering the lengths people go to buy beauty products. There are women who would abandon the purchase of food for their family just to buy a red lipstick. The beauty is one of the industries which are not affected by the recession. Apart from that, the beauty is my number one passion.

Are you ready to hit the market?

A few months, the range of products will be available for sale in selected beauty stores. Products will be at retail for between Ksh.600 (US$ 7.4) and Ksh.2, 500 ($30.8). It is a project of intensive acquisition. I will not go how I spent, but to launch a product line to the Kenya, it would need at least Ksh.20 million dollars ($ 246,000). We have to assemble all the raw materials from abroad and use chemists y for testing and formulation products after which we import ready-made products. It would be very expensive to manufacture of Kenya, since we are not here most of the equipment and essential facilities.

What lessons were learned on entrepreneurship?

I have learned to be patient. It took considerable time to undertake research and develop the range of products. I've learned to never say die. I met people thought I was crazy to imagine a project like this, but the passion that I guard going me. I never stopped believing in my dreams.

What are your plans for the future for the company?

I would like to associate with other investors in the establishment of a cosmetics factory in the Kenya. This would cost about $ 2 million. Such a plant would create jobs for hundreds of young people in the Kenya. Over the next three years, we expand our range of products in other countries in the Africa region of the East and the whole of Africa later. My dream is to turn SuzieBeauty Limited to a name of household for beauty on the continent and abroad. I want to be the MAC of Africa!

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Azuri - a health food company

A greater Africa face of hedges small farmers is to get their products from the farm to the market. Azuri Health Limited, a company Kenyan manufactures and distributes healthy food, help rural farmers in the Kenya access to markets for their fruit and cereals. The firm has established a partnership with more than 600 farmers to provide a range of products to markets Kenya and Sudan and is now looking to start exporting to the United States. How we do in Africa Regina Ekiru speaks of Tei Mukunya, Director General of the health of the Azuri.

TEI Mukunya displays products health Azuri beach.

What was the driving force behind the creation of the health of the Azuri?

I have used to work under a program to help farmers value added. During this time, I fell to the experience of farmers of small challenges while trying to access the markets for their products.

For example, a group of women from Murang' has was struggling to put its product of flour porridge in the market despite donor huge investments in research, product development and capacity-building. After having developed an interest in helping farmers have easy access to the market for their products, I made an attempt for the Group products in retail stores. My first attempt was unsuccessful due to disruptions in the production. In 2005, I made a second attempt and managed to get space for products.

Products which currently have you in your portfolio?

At the time that we started the only product that us had was flour porridge. We, however, realizes that a product don't cut it for us. So we started working with a group of women from Busia and deployed our brand of potato flour. We have since announced new products and repackaged our old brands. Azuri health includes today flour Azuri Nutriporridge, which is our flagship product, potato Azuri, Kahurura Azuri powder flour (made from a plant of the pumpkin family), sweet potato cookies, and a range of dried fruits such as mangoes and pineapples. These products not only to the Kenya, but Sudan also sell. We have an annual turnover of Ksh.12 million (US$ 143,000).

Healthy living is the new craze. Lifestyle diseases are spreading rapidly, fuelling the demand for healthy lifestyle options. It is a market which, if well explored can produce benefits. Enter the market, it is not a joke due to competition. We are not unique. Beat the rest that we must move quickly to introduce new unique products.

Describe the relationship of Azuri health with farmers ' groups?

We work with several groups of farmers across the country, which the majority is made up of women. We have 600 farmers in our network. We have trained farmers feeding, processing and packaging. They, therefore, conduct the processing of products while we handle the marketing, distribution and sale. To ensure consistency of production and to provide us with recently established a Ksh.2 million ($24 million) plant in Nairobi. In the past, groups of farmers some challenges which affected the production and processing. Therefore, we have created our own processing plant to avoid such interruptions of supply. In addition we also offer advisory services and support the farmers. Most of these groups of women would have collapsed, but they are now a success because they have access to the market. We managed to put their products on the shelves of retail stores.

Tell us more about the challenges you encountered during the start-up of the company

Insufficient funding has been a major obstacle. To ensure the supply of large volumes, we have lots of funds. While having our products for sale in stores in the country, it is an important step, keep this calls for hard work and the appropriate organization. In the beginning, we were expelled from a string of local stores because our supply is erratic. We can afford to make such errors now. We are available in almost all supermarkets and have therefore keep that we supply. We also invest heavily in the commercialization of our products due to the competition in the sector of growth.

The lessons that you learned in an entrepreneurial spirit?

Resilience. When I quit my job to go to business, I had to tighten my budget until I hit rock bottom. He taught me to be very difficult. No matter what face challenge, I look at the positive aspects, knowing that the situation will improve.

What is the future for the health of the Azuri?

We want to implement an automated installation more important to increase our volume and effectively support the supply. We would also like to extend our reach in the regional market. We have plans to begin exporting to the United States soon.

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Taking bread from the laboratory in the field

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Par Janeen Madan

Quatre-vingt pour cent des gens affamés du monde vivent dans les régions tropicales et subtropicales. et la majorité d'entre eux dépendre de l'agriculture pour leur nourriture et de revenus. Comme les frais de carburant et d'engrais s'élève, améliorer l'accès aux cultures qui sont viables à long terme est plus important que jamais. Selon le Dr Diane Ragone, directeur de l'Institut de l'arbre à pain à la National jardin botanique Tropical à Hawaii, arbres à pain donner agriculteurs sous les tropiques avec une récolte durable, faibles intrants et nutritif.

« Si un homme des plantes dix arbres à pain dans sa vie, il peut faire une heure environ, il répondrait complètement son devoir envers son propre ainsi que les générations à venir. » Joseph Banks, 1769 (crédit Photo : Jim Wiseman, l'Institut de l'arbre à pain)

À pain est une importante culture de base dans la région du Pacifique depuis plus de 3 000 ans. Aujourd'hui, il offre un énorme potentiel pour aider à soulager la faim dans les tropiques. Mais de nombreux petits agriculteurs n'ont pas accès à la bonne qualité de plantation de matériau de cultiver ces arbres. L'Institut de l'arbre à pain, qui gère la plus grande collection au monde de l'arbre à pain, est et le travail à faire de bonne qualité, productives variétés disponibles aux agriculteurs dans le monde entier.

L'Institut n'est pas seulement conserver la diversité de la culture, mais il est également puiser dans son potentiel pour aider à soulager la faim mondiale, tout en protégeant l'environnement. L'Institut de l'arbre à pain en partenariat avec les groupes agricoles de ministères, des ONG et des agriculteurs pour rendre utiles et saines de variétés disponibles à l'échelle mondiale. Et en 2008, l'Institut fait partie de l'Alliance à la fin la faim, une coalition mondiale de bénéfices non, des sociétés, des universités et des personnes, travaillant au combat faim dans le monde entier.

Arbre à pain est un conifère tropical qui est facile à cultiver et nécessite relativement peu d'intrants. Il porte fruit de 3 à 5 ans après la plantation et demeure productif pendant plusieurs décennies. Les fruits féculents sont très nutritif, riche en calcium, fer, potassium, magnésium et fournit plus de protéines que le manioc. Et, selon le Dr Ragone, l'arbre est également importante dans les projets de l'agroforesterie, offrant une foule d'avantages pour l'environnement. Les arbres à pain fournissent de l'ombre pour les autres cultures, aider à reconstruire le sol, la reforestation de terres dégradées et séquestrent le dioxyde de carbone de l'atmosphère.

Le Dr Ragone a effectué plus de 25 ans de recherche visant à la conservation de certaines variétés de 120 à pain. En partenariat avec le Dr Susan Murch à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique Okanagan, elle utilise une méthode de propagation in vitro (ou de culture de tissus) à cultiver des variétés sélectionnées en grandes quantités. L'Institut a également mène des recherches approfondies sur la valeur nutritive des variétés différentes à pain et rend cette information disponible grâce à une base de données en ligne faciles d'accès.

L'Institut de l'arbre à pain en partenariat avec Cultivaris, une compagnie privée horticulture, qui a conçu des méthodes de livraison efficace pour distribuer abordable les jeunes arbres dans le monde entier. Et les chercheurs sont aussi établir des partenariats avec les gouvernements, les universités et les entreprises privées, ce qui porte leur travail du laboratoire pour les champs des agriculteurs, où ils peuvent aider à réduire la faim et d'améliorer leurs moyens de subsistance.

L'Institut de l'arbre à pain a mis sur pied des projets pilotes avec des organisations partenaires en Haïti, Honduras et en Jamaïque. Et ils sont efforcent de promouvoir la culture de l'arbre à pain dans les pays à travers l'Afrique subsaharienne. Au Ghana, par exemple, à pain est traitée en aliments nutritifs et en Tanzanie, cet important aliment de base alimentaire devient disponible au début de la saison des pluies lorsque autres sources de nourriture ne soient pas disponibles.

Et comme développer des partenariats de l'Institut, les communautés commenceront à exploiter la valeur réelle de l'arbre à pain qui peut lutter contre la faim dans des endroits où il n'est pas plus aiguë, tout en aidant aussi à gérer les sols dégradés et contribuer à des projets de reforestation.

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