
I started blogging because I wanted a place where I could capture all of the things that I see that I like and trigger me to think a bit.
Its pretty humbling then when you come across blogs like afrigadget, a site with genuine purpose and meaning.
Afrigadget is a blog dedicated to examples of African ingenuity applied to everyday issues faced by African people. Its an inspiring collection of hacks and workarounds from improvised lamps to build-your-own electric bikes.
What I love about the blog is that its just got so much purpose. Each idea showcased is powerful in its on right, but by pulling them together in one place, afrigadget is opening up the pathway for the ideas to be shareed, and built upon, right across the continent.
I have been spending some time on a site called Quirky recently, which is quietly socializing the design experience to create better and better products.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if these powerful concepts could come together - matching consensus process expertize with ingenuity and imagination. That feels like a genuine helping hand to the developing world.
Laugh all you want about the concept of blogging, but for every ihatemyparents, there is a blog like afrigadget sparking some real change.