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My favourite secret of social innovation is "Provide skills, not just finished technologies. The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution, rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety of problems. They are empowered.".
I think this secret is very important to solve social problems in africa. We have to get down to the root of the trouble and empower the people to help themselves. You can't do it only with some new technologies. You have to invest in the education of africas population because they know their own problems the best. It will have a much bigger impact as any solution you could develop. A social innovator should not aim to personal acknowledgement but rather to help people.
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