Date: 2020
Type: Other
Coerced innovation : Gaza makes its own tools to fight against COVID-19
openDemocracy, North Africa, West Asia, Blogpost, 2020, [RSCAS]
PROCTER, Caitlin, Coerced innovation : Gaza makes its own tools to fight against COVID-19, openDemocracy, North Africa, West Asia, Blogpost, 2020, [RSCAS] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67000
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Living under blockade for 13 years has forced Palestinians in Gaza to be creative, particularly those with a training in engineering. Female entrepreneur Majd Masharawi has pioneered bricks made from coal and wood ash to reconstruct demolished buildings through her company Green Cake; her latest innovation, Sunbox produces solar electricity around the Gaza strip; and the tech ecosystem development initiative Gaza Sky Geeks provides remote work opportunities online for youth locked into the 365 square km of land. Now, engineers have been forced to confront the COVID-19 pandemic with the same ingenuity, building ventilators from scratch.
Additional information:
Published on 16 April 2020
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67000
External link: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/coerced-innovation-gaza-makes-its-own-tools-fight-against-covid-19/
Series/Number: openDemocracy; North Africa, West Asia; Blogpost; 2020; [RSCAS]
Publisher: openDemocracy
Keyword(s): Covid-19 COVID-19 Coronavirus Gaza
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