Maker Profile: Dominic Wanjihia
Dominic Wanjihia's "Evapocooler," used to keep Somali herders' milk cool, profiled at Afrigadget.com
Thanks to the generosity of an MFA supporter, Kenyan inventor Dominic Wanjihia will be attending Maker Faire Africa. Dominic, who first came to the anonymous donor’s attention through an article published on AfriGadget in 2008, describes himself as, “an inventor of appropriate technology, environmentally friendly gadgets applicable to … the empowerment of rural people.” Among his inventions are:
- The Malaria Integrated Vector Management (IVM) Disc
- An evaporative cooler
- A solar food dryer
- A food smoker for meat and fish
- A shallow well – deep well water pump
- An eco-friendly pest exterminator, mainly for moles and termites
We’re looking forward to meeting Dominic in August and expect that he will benefit greatly from the opportunity to interact with other appropriate technology inventors like Amy Smith of the International Development Design Summit.
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Flickr Photos
Aug 10, 2009
Dominic has also developed a small scale dairy processing plant and a motorised vegetable spinner. These inventions have helped a small business in Nairobi to grow into the biggest organic retailer in the region, supporting hundreds of small scale organic producers.
His inventions are cost effective, easy to use, practical and efficient.
We wish him the best of luck at the Makers Faire Africa!!
Everyone should have a brother like Dominic
From all at Green Dreams
(Food Network East Africa ltd)
Sep 15, 2009
[...] working long hours outdoors knows the burden that a glaring sun can take on the body. In Africa, Dominic Wanjihia has proposed a flexible, wearable solar panel vest to harness this energy for productive purposes. [...]
Sep 18, 2009
[...] innovateurs d’accomplir ce que Conteh à pu faire en RDC avec Vodacom. Savez-vous que Dominic Wanjihia (de l’Angola) a déja mis en place un système de climatisation utilisant simplement un circuit d’eau et ce [...]
Sep 20, 2009
[...] working long hours outdoors knows the burden that a glaring sun can take on the body. In Africa, Dominic Wanjihia has proposed a flexible, wearable solar panel vest to harness this energy for productive [...]
Oct 07, 2009
[...] “vertical shamba” from Dominic Wanjihia helps improve water efficiency when growing plants from discarded plastic [...]
Nov 03, 2009
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