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moladi-Beyond Low cost housing moladi - Beyond Low cost housing   moladi-Beyond Low cost housing moladi has been appointed to develop a brand new City Centre in Africa. The project is seen as the beginning of a new era in the “ moladi TEAM” approach. Not only is the professional TEAM made up of industry leaders but also supported by international funders that have extended an initial credit line of USD 10 Billion.   The focus of moladi has always been on affordable and low-income homes for the mass market. Due to the continuous improvements over nearly three decades moladi has emerged as a leader in the field of “producing” top quality structures in a very short period at a reduced price.   As moladi has developed a very strong footprint in Africa during this period, the natural progression in our product offering has always been to form strong alliances with local producers of materials and goods in order to further reduce costs. We are very excited in col...

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...

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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...

Unemployment rate rises to 26,4%, Cameron Dugmore What are you doing to stem this?  Cameron Dugmore  Cameron Dugmore what are you at the National Development Plan doing to implement plans to stem the rise in unemployment? The NDP is supposed to implement actions to curb this sad state of affairs, but you seem to do nothing other than criticize the opposition party. This job has got nothing to do with politics it has to do with the people of South Africa. This you seem to have forgotten. Why have you not responded to numerous request to meet and discuss a tool that can be implemented to kick-start the job creation drive? You set a very bad example for the youth and unemployed in South Africa What a shame to Nelson Mandela who fought for freedom for all in South Africa, even the freedom of poverty. Keywords - Cameron Dugmore, moladi, NDP, unemployment, job creation, south Africa, ANC,  National Development Commission,  National Development Plan

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Creative Destruction-moladi  Joseph Schumpeter - Creative Destruction    According to Schumpeter, creative destruction describes the "process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one We see moladi as an Economic Innovation to establish scalable sustainable projects that will eradicate poverty through social entrepreneurship, creating new tools for todays problems – EmpowerPEOPLE - With the motto “Train the unemployed to build for the homeless” moladi combines construction with economic sustainable development – Read more at Imagination For People - Social Innovation for the Bottom of the Pyramid and Fight poverty and unemployment in the classroom Our goal is to "destroy" the old brick and mortar or masonry construction process and create a new moladi Cast-in-Place Structures process . Read more    Economic Innovation - Destroying the o...