"MAKING IT WORK" APPROPRIATE
TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA
RBO
produced in October & November 1996 a series
of 8 x 15-minute episodes about use of
appropriate technology, broadcast in an English
version on ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Corporation) Radio 4, and also aired in different
language versions in Botswana, Kenya and
Ethiopia.
The programs were used as a method of informing
policy-makers by identifying and assessing the
demand for sustainable technical solutions in
various sectors of the developing economies in
East and Southern Africa, at the same time, they
were designed to sensitize the rural and urban
poor to the existence, availability and
applicability of appropriate technologies.
The series also constructed a forum for the
cross-fertilisation of ideas from around the
region through an introduction in each episode of
a technology and its usage in individual
countries of the region.
The programs were researched and recorded by
RBO's travelling reporter George Msumba,
and produced in English, Shona and Kiswahili at
RBO's Harare studios.
The
radio-project was sponsored by
in
co-operation with partners in these 4 countries:
APPROPRIATE
TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA
An audio-story in 8 episodes produced by:
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Organic
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Ram Pump |
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Episode
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Roofing
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Episode
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Saving
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Episode
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Sorghum
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Episode
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Bilharzia
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Episode
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Leather
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