Meet the Makers

Maker Faire Africa is a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and creation. Here you will find the Makers who showed their work at the 2010 event in Nairobi Kenya. Work ranges from time saving devices for agriculture to alternative energy sources from design with recycled objects to social media applications for mobile phones. Per maker you will find a short synopsis of their work, their contacts details plus a possibliity to collaborate with them. Match your skills with one of the Makers.

KARUGA KOINANGE

PROJECT NAME:
THE COMMUNITY COOKER

CONTACT DETAILS

MOBILE: +254 720 920 208
E-MAIL: karuga@planning-kenya.com

PRODUCT / SERVICE

The Community Cooker is a non-profit “Harambee” basis to assist lower income communities everywhere. It uses rubbish as fuel to create heat which in turn is harnessed to cook. In the Laini Saba prototype it does this very successfully for up to eight families at a time.

NEXT STEP

We at PLANNING believe the design is unique in synthesizing simple, effective and economical technology to deal with common rubbish to convert it to energy for cooking in urban slums. A number of organizations and people, worldwide, are beginning to support the philosophy of the Community Cooker.