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“Qeda usizi,” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 1. Blog | May 21, 2019 | Phumelele Mkhize, AeT & Trang Luu, D-Lab alumna; MIT Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) “Qeda usizi,” end our suffering: improving the lives of street cooks in Durban, South Africa, Part 1.
User-Centered Design: Creating Better Solutions for Global Challenges Video | May 16, 2019 | Megha Hegde and MIT Blossoms MIT Blossoms User-Centered Design: Creating Better Solutions for Global Challenges
The Demand Engine: Growth Hacking Strategies for Scaling Demand at the BoP Publication | May 14, 2019 | Amanda Epting, Emile Schmitz, Valéria Varga The Demand Engine: Growth Hacking Strategies for Scaling Demand at the BoP
Off-Grid Energy Resource Directory Publication | May 08, 2019 | Eric Verploegen with MIT D-Lab Research Team Off-Grid Energy Resource Directory
Scaling solutions for the developing world News | May 05, 2019 | Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering MIT News Scaling solutions for the developing world
Meet the entrepreneur connecting indigenous artists with the global art market News | May 02, 2019 | Maea Lenei Buhre PBS News Hour Meet the entrepreneur connecting indigenous artists with the global art market