bottom of the pyramid

Decreasing the cost of your social invention


Some inventions and technologies can change the world but in reality are too expensive for the average "Bottom of the Pyramid" consumer. 

This week on our online group: Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Jack Sim

Each week we feature an Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow on our online group. For the next two weeks we will be featuring Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Association. The topic: Jack wants to restructure the field of sanitation worldwide. Providing humanity with clean, safe, and convenient toilets is a familiar goal, but it remains a distant one as the field struggles with cultural taboos, poor funding, and lack of political will.

5 African Technology/Invention Blogs

Here are five of our favorite blogs on invention and technology for social good in Africa:
1. Afrigadget
2. Timbuktu Chronicles
3. Appfrica
4. White African
5. the African Uptimist
What are your favorite blogs? Let us know.

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