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Frugal Innovation In Africa | Jugaad Innovation in India

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Frugal Innovation In Africa | Jugaad Innovation in India Moladi: Frugal Innovation In Africa | Jugaad Innovation in India Frugal Innovation In Africa | Jugaad Innovation in India In many African countries, housing is one of the most sensitive issues affecting the lower income groups. In South Africa for example, close to 13% of the 14.3 million households are informal dwellings (Statistics South Africa, 2011). The term "informal dwelling" is often used in South Africa to designate shacks, corrugated-iron structures and other makeshift shelters. The above statistics represents about 1.8 million households (between 7.2 and 10.8 million people). Informal structures are often made of highly combustible materials such as wood and cardboard which pose serious safety and environmental concerns. The structures are easily damaged and exposed to the external elements meaning that people often live in damp, very hot or very cold conditions. The other concern is inadequate or lack of san

Moladi Formwork - Google

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Moladi Formwork - Google moladi Formwork  moladi Formwork moladi Formwork - www.moladi.com Keywords - moladi formwork, moladi, formwork, modular plastic formwork, plastic formwork,

moladi selected to exhibit at the new C-City museum in Netherlands | DesignMind

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moladi invited to exhibit at the New C-City museum in Netherlands Hennie Botes - CEO of moladi - Cooper Hewitt - New York moladi invited to exhibit at the New C-City museum in the  Netherlands Design Indaba Due to the success Design Indaba has had with the two ‘ Africa is Now’ exhibitions, we were approached to curate a segment on African design for a new exhibition taking place later this year at a new design museum called Cube (C-City), in Kerkrade in the Netherlands. The exhibition will showcase Design for a better world | Innovations for people . The objective of the exhibition is to raise an awareness of design and to pass on its significance. They aim to do this by gathering unique examples of the most relevant innovations worldwide from contributing museums such as the Cooper Hewitt in New York , Design Museum Taiwan, Powerhouse Australia, Mind Museum Manila, Design Museum London and of course, Design Indaba . C-City will bring technology, science, and design in one