Zimbabwe: Homeless Put Their Hope in Handmade Bricks - The use of handmade bricks is revolutionizing housing in Chinhoyi, 120km north of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, where housing estates built by poor people have mushroomed in a development that has caught the attention of the housing ministry. [AA Urbanisation]

Architect Georg Ritschl is back in South Africa after his nearly two month incarceration in Mozambique for performing planetary energy work on the Zambezi river without government sanction. And he is still smiling...

Botswana: Botec Plans Use of Kgalagadi Sands for Brick-Making - The chief executive officer of the Botswana Technology Centre (BOTEC) Dr Edson Selaolo has said they are supporting initiatives designed to utilise the Kgalagadi Desert sands for brick-making. [AA Construction]

Building Schools in Mali. The work of the Mali Rising Foundation. Video by Kristen Bushnell

I work for Development Alternatives (India) and part of what we do is develop environmentally friendly building materials.

We are considering exporting a machine to some African countries that manufactures fly ash bricks and mud bricks without the need to fire them and I was wondering if you think that there would be demand for this product.

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Namibia: Welcome to the Future of Living At Habitat - BUILDING with tyres, used car springs and old fire extinguishers? [AA Urbanisation]