Essays about: "Pamoja Trust"

Found 2 essays containing the words Pamoja Trust.

1. 1. Diffusion of innovation at the bottom of the pyramid: the impact of a payment system on the adoption of electricity in rural Uganda

   University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

   Author : Jonas Eder; Christopher Mutsaerts; [2013]
   Keywords : Diffusion of innovation; crossing the chasm; bottom of the pyramid; renewable electricity; payment system; Uganda;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how a payment system affects the diffusion of renewable electricity in rural Uganda. A case study is used provided by a start-up company named Pamoja Cleantech. This company is about to sell electricity, which is generated by biomass-based gasification, to a low-income community. READ MORE

3. 2. Counterspaces : On power in slum upgrading from a Thirdspace perspective. A case study from Kambi Moto.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rosshagen Erik; [2007]
   Keywords : Thirdspace; Edward Soja; Henri Lefebvre; Informal settlement; Slum; Slum upgrading; Nairobi; Kenya; Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI ; Pamoja Trust; Muungano wa Wanavijiji;

   Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in the urgent problem of slums that follow on the rapid urbanisation worldwide. Focusing on the small informal settlement of Kambi Moto in Nairobi, Kenya, the study tries to answer the question of how power can be worked out in slum upgrading – a way to change the physical environment of a slum without demolishing and rebuilding the whole settlement. READ MORE