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Great final community design reviews at the Dkar, Rakops, Kaputura and Dutlwe Innovation Centers today! Next stop Dkar for final iterations and the final public presentations that will be graced by BIUST Vice Chancellor Prof Totolo! #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eKV_-sR

Out and about earlier in Dutlwe village supporting the team to get more user feedback on the design and business side for their MmaBorotho Dough mixer project since the 1st community design review. #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/e2sH6j6

Shosholoza... the Botswana grassroots innovation train at the Dutlwe Innovation Center earlier today! #IDDSBotswana2018 <3 lnkd.in/ekaw9Bi

Thank you for the great comnunity design review session Dutlwe community. #QuickBeans #MmaBorotho #BeanThresherProject #DoughMixerProject #DutlweInnovationCenter #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eGJa_eQ

Ongoing community design review at the Dutlwe Innovation Center! #MmaBorotho #QuickBeans #DoughMixerProject #BeanThresherProject #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eQyVJbx

Kaputura Innovation Center! #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eDkHz4D

Hydroponics fodder grower and Elephant repellant briquettes teams at the Rakops Innovation Center engaged the community to co-create their solutions with them in readiness for a community design review tommorow. #TeamRakops #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eY6fhFH

Ongoing community design review at the Dkar Innovation Center for the Deepsand wheelbarrow project and paper bag making technologies. #TeamDkar #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/exdc2VX

Bean thresher and dough mixer teams getting ready for their 1st community design review tomorrow from 10am to 12noon at the Dutlwe Innovation Center. #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/ehEveCu

Bean Thresher Team and Dough Mixing team going through a branding exercise to come up with a logo and slogan for the small businesses they are setting up for the Dutlwe Innovation Center Uptake and Use. #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/e88PsFW

Team Kaputura helping out to set up their recently donated solar powered housing unit that will be used as their storage room and sometimes working room at their off grid Kaputura Innovation Center. Thank you Botswana Innovation Hub! #IDDSBotswana201 lnkd.in/dEWaqg4

This morning we met with the Dutlwe village leaders of Dutlwe village to get their blessings before engaging with the community to co-create the technologies further. #TeamDutlwe #BeanThresherProject #DoughMixerProject #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/egTU4GS

Check out our latest blog on the MIT D-Lab site by our Communcations and M&E coordinator Ta Corrales from Costa Rica. lnkd.in/eiyNPCZ

Today 6 teams (2 in each village) head out to their respective villages of Kaputura, Rakops and Dutlwe while 2 other teams stay in Dkar. #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/dxyEFWF

Today we started the business thinking sessions by doing a market activity session which allowed our participants to learn how to price, market and sell their products to even low income communities. #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/e5z37mU

Marea Kgogwane from Dutlwe testing their 1st Dough Mixing prototype! #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/ehfk3MK

Today our awesome participants continue their rapid prototyping at the Dkar Innovation Center before heading out to the communities this wednesday. #Day8 #MorePrototyping #IDDSBotswana2018 lnkd.in/eX-ZiBK