Submitted by Tamar Apper (tamarapper@gmail.com) from Barter

 

Organisation: bartrz.com

 

Challenge:

 

Connecting isolated villages in Zimbabwe (starting with Ko-Swazi, near Victoria falls) to a worldwide market through an app where villagers can sell their crafts online and tell their stories. Basically expanding the sitebartrz.com to an app. With the intention of being copy pasted throughout other villages in the future on the same app.

 

Technological/Sociological Considerations:

 

Almost nobody owns a smartphone or even a cell phone in the villages, therefore the connection must be through the chief .

 

About the Organisation:

 

We are a social business enabling economic development in villages in Zimbabwe through creating a platform for craftsmen to sell their products online to worldwide consumers.