The Agroinnovations Podcast » africa

Episode #65: The Zambian Soap Company with Andre Houssney

acoma — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:19:45 +0000

In this episode, I am joined by Andre Houssney of the Zambian Soap Company. Andre gives us a cultural and historical context of Zambia, discusses the process of developing a soap company in the region, talks us through the production process of organic soap, comments on Fair Trade, and addresses the tension between buying local and supporting access to markets for Zambian producers.

Links:

The Zambian Soap Company: http://www.zambiansoap.com/

The Fair Trade Federation: http://www.fairtradefederation.org/

Episode #24: Open Source AT and The Full Belly Project

podcast — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:38:04 +0000

The Full Belly Project has spent the last several years designing and deploying a simple and cost effective peanut sheller for use in developing countries. They are one of the first organizations to explicitly endorse and apply an Open Source model to appropriate technology.

In this interview, Jeff Rose tells us the history of the project, how it functions, and the service based model that is now emerging from applying Open Source to AT. I also read some listener’s comments. So listen and enjoy.