Posts Tagged as ‘Radio’

March 18, 2009

Sierra Leone – water taxis and political violence

I was warned not to take the water taxi from the airport to Freetown!  But the hovercraft was not running, and people said the helicopter (at almost twice the price) was even worse!  But in choppy sees, water taxis are most definitely not advisable – a few minutes out, waves came crashing through the glass [...]

December 29, 2008

Freeplay’s latest radio

Freeplay has done some great things to develop the use of radio in developing countries. See, for example, the Lifeline Radio support by the Freeplay Foundation
Their latest product, the “Companion” is “… a radio, a flashlight, and a cellphone charger, all in a unit that’s only 125 mm long (4.9″) and 230 g (8 oz).  [...]