Comments on: Little Boxes and the Winds of Change

By: Alanagh Recreant

Alanagh Recreant — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:55:30 +0000

My BEST wishes to you… I am proud to be an African – partly because of a loose association with other Africans such as yourself. Afrigadget is a brilliant initiative and we will be following its growth with great enthusiasm as we develop the first African gateway to Second Life.

I am because of who we are…

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:36:51 +0000

I’m glad this is working out for you, Erik. It’s really neat to see you begin to do something you’ve always dreamed of doing. I know you’ll succeed.

M looks just like Pippy Longstocking in that picture. She’s such a character. All three girls are going to LOVE having you around. Your youngest will meet her match. 🙂

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:24:08 +0000

Talking about cars and injeraa, an Ethiopian has just founded a car factory in Ethiopia.

http://www.holland-car.com/

By: JKE

JKE — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:34:51 +0000

Congratulations on this wise move!

@Ssembonge: maybe we should dig out an article on the Nyayo Car Project for next April… ^^

By: lova

lova — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:16:15 +0000

@ssemboge,
Correct if I am wrong, but I thought the whole point of innovation was to find local solutions suited to the specific problems at hand given the constraints of the milieu. It is not backwards if it addresses the problem. Innovation in Africa is not about discoveries, it’s about re-adapting from what already exists. JMHO, of course.

By: Benin Mwangi

Benin Mwangi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:11:50 +0000

Hash:

Dude, she’s beautiful. She looks just like you. I am right there with you too on your decision.

One thing for sure is that where ever you go, you’ll always be trailblazing. Let’s stay in touch!

By: HASH

HASH — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:35:19 +0000

@Ssembonge – you and Steve are both right actually. The last year has seen us covering a lot of neat innovation coming out of Africa, but it’s not always the newest stuff. One of the new initiatives that we’re looking for sponsors to help fund is one where we plan on getting grassroot reporters (most likely college-aged) to help us get into the schools and find some of the new cool things that are happening in Africa. We’re targeting 10 countries to begin with (more on all of this later!).

Thanks for your thoughts though, emails like yours are what caused us to think of growing in this direction.

By: heri

heri — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:51:26 +0000

Hash,

I am wishing you all the best. I followed your blog for just a few months, but I am sure you will succeed with Zungu!

By: Ntwiga

Ntwiga — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:51:41 +0000

OK, Ssembonge, you got me. What do you have aganist mwikos anyway, they represent: No mwiko, no ugali! Hash, might be time to revise your profile.

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:38:08 +0000

Ntwiga,
I got this info from Erik’s profile.

“Raised in Africa, Hersman also writes an African Technology blog called Afrigadget that showcases the latest tech innovations from the continent. ”

That said, I hope the website will ‘raise the bar’ cause at this rate you guys will soon be featuring a big mwiko (wooden spoon) like the one from my former high that is used to cook ugali for 1000 students.