Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy

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Making Do A Call for Collaboration

North with jua kali. Armed with SMS or multimedia messaging, an inventor can post a technology he or she is working on, receive feedback from a range of experts and seed funding to help make that idea a reality. This can also be done through a web platform, with partner NGOs interfacing with localized groups of artisans via mobile technologies. In coming years, access to information will make producer services more accessible and reliable. It is important for service providers to leverage these networks through both delivery of virtual services and marketing of physical ones. Though many appropriate producer services exist, they are still inaccessible to the masses due to a fragmented informational environment.


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