Timbuktu Chronicles: Out of Africa

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Entrepreneur Emeka Okafor searches for innovative home-grown African ventures in technology and business that could be useful and sustainable in many countries.

Timbuktu Chronicles: Out of Africa

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Entrepreneur Emeka Okafor finds innovative African ventures in technology and business that could be useful and sustainable in many countries. Posts showcase things like paving stones made out of plastic bags, energy efficient cook stoves, and a school for training renewable energy tradespeople. These home-grown initiatives are practical and inspiring—they may well turn out to be the “paradigm-breaking technologies” that Okafor seeks.

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