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Adam Standley
May 27th, 2010
AC/DC Rocks the Bottom Billion – Musings on Electricifying Africa
Topics: BOSTON, Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy
I was working with Anza Technologies in the remote village Matala, Tanzania last month. We deployed “appropriate technologies” to help rural farmers carry water more efficiently. I noticed that each of these “dollar-a-day” farmers had a cell phone but no … + CONTINUE READING
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Adam Standley is a Boston-based “Mainer” who loves to invent. He is currently creating low-cost, high efficiency solar materials with