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SASA CLOCK: Bringing African Concepts To Modern Times
The Sasa Clock aims to bring the benefits of ancient African concepts of time to our modern lives.
The time is read from the color coded necklace. Each bead represents a 5 minute increment. As the wheel turns, every 5 minutes…
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NAMING FORCE: Crowd Sourcing Business Names
Naming Force taps the power of the people to help businesses and individuals create business names, websites names, and product names.
Creative individuals get paid to name companies and products.
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AARDVARK & MAJIBU: Crowd Sourcing Answers To Your Questions
‘Aardvark’ crowd sources your questions to get you the perfect person to answer it.
Majibu, a Kenyan based website, also allows people to post questions online, which can then be answered by any registered member.
[UPDATE] Facebook has…
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IDEAFORGE: Mobile Power Alternatives
IdeaForge PowerAlternatives help you tap charge for your mobile phones wherever you are, from whatever is the nearest and the most convenient source.
Products in their line-up include a hand-cranked cell phone charger, a USB charger for your ordinary…
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MONAQASAT: Online Tendering
Monaqasat is an online tendering service that covers all Middle Eastern markets. It has just recently passed AED 1 Billion in revenues.
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SITEONMOBILE: Internet Using SMS & Voice Commands Only
Siteonmobile is based on a patent-pending technology developed HP Labs India. The people behind siteonmobile are senior researchers and technologists at HP Lab India who believe in the role both mobile and internet can play in transforming lives in the…
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SPAZA-DE-MOVE-ON: Giving Dignity To Street Hawkers
Architect Doung Anwar Jahangeer won the South award for his mobile, fold-away shop at the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town in 2009. Called Spaza-De-Move-On, the product is intended to give dignity and convenience to street hawkers.
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ISHKI, GOTISSUEZ & UAE GOVT: Complaining About Bad Products Online
Ishki.com, founded in 2008, is the first Arabic site specialized in receiving complaints from people, as means to deliver unheard voices to the world, public opinions and allow the participation of people and their problems and concerns to search for…
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PAUL ENGLISH: Bringing Free Wireless Internet To Whole Of Africa
JoinAfrica is a project to explore the creation of two tiers of wifi access in Africa, the first one being a “text-only” low bandwidth solution that is free, and the second tier being paid access to the full internet. The…
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QUIRKY: Crowd Sourcing Product Ideas
Quirky is a website that crowd sources product ideas.
The website allows any registered member to submit a product idea, for a $99 fee, and then crowd sources all relevant product details from members. This includes the logos, the…
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KILAKITU CLOTHING: Cowboy Shirts From Kenya
KilaKitu Clothing mine the depths of Nairobi’s sprawling secondhand clothing markets to unearth the finest and most inspiring preloved fabrics from the four corners of the world, which they reuse, remix and renew to create one-of-a-kind garments.
Each of…
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KYOTO-ENERGY: Making Solar Energy The Most Cost Effective
The good news: The Sun is already distributed to all people in the world. In fact, the poor have the most. But 90% have no access to electricity and grids are half the energy cost. Thankfully, the Sun needs no…