hey @thomasmboa was nice briefly meeting you in Brussels.
now reading this and your paper, and thinking about our small discussion with laurel and (…) on fablabs, hackerspaces in different countries.
I really like how you put it that the “alternative” economies ( sharing, circular…etc ) can just get back in the capitalism umbrella within the fablabs, makerspaces, communities.
linking this with @baderdean 's concern on the opensource collaboration within the African communities, also check the link in maping github in this comment on his topic. how do you think an african-african collaboration can come into action, even within communities not governments ( as you mentioned Gov’s in Africa tend to trust European/US entities rather than their own people )
may be also working together towards similar issues, [ could be mainly access to health care, food, clean water ] I don’t understand french but was wondering if your experience with providing healthy diet to babies could be useful in rural Egypt ( ping @HadeerGhareeb @m_tantawy may be you know more about this ? )
Also wondering how the Muslim community in Cameroon dealing with wudu’ water, check this post and tell me if you think this could be suitable to experiment and adapt in the coming science shop there ( if there is a nearby muslim community, or if that is an issue there or not )
in the end thanks for sharing this here, this could inspire others to continue working on localized solutions rather than following the same colonial influence in a new way.