‘MIT’ African Schoolchild Lamp a Social Innovator Approach?
We are investigating the African Schoolchild Lamp developed by Taiwanese firm Goldenwell CTC.
非洲一盞燈
The lamp can work as a stand alone system with rechargeable batteries that can be charged at charging stations (such as schools) and also as an integrated solar LED system that is able to be recharged using solar panels hooked directly to the system.
The company claims that their integrated solar energy storage products, simple design and installation also allows users to easily use the installation without much headache or challenge.
Taiwan’s President Ma recently met with leaders from Burkina Faso and Swaziland touting the potential of this technology for their countries.
One of the goals of this effort for us is to stimulate new relationships between developed and developing countries so that while playing on the strengths of Taiwan’s ability to integrate and innovative new technologies into marketable and usable platforms for emerging markets, we help students in these markets countries address challenges to learning such as lack of adequate lighting.
Their unique biz approach is very much related to our upcoming Social Innovator Workshop on July 1st in Taiwan. Our goal is to train people on how to take a new approach to business, sustainable development and NGO driven philanthropy. The outcome of this process should be an integrated, community oriented approach that effectively uses ICT to build prosperous and sustainable societies. Something that can be scaled and replicated rapidly to more effectively allocate capital towards a bottom up development model that puts people first.
Downloads:
- Simple PDF explaining the basics of the African School Child Lamp: African School Child Lamp PDF
- More detailed PDF explaining Product Specs: Goldenwell Product Specs PDF
- PDF explaining the reason why they think this product is compelling: Goldenwell Case Study PDF
