http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/charity-fundraising-by-bringing-ethical-goods-into-virtual-games-future-of-gaming.html Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:40:26 +0000 PlayMob is a UK start-up that raises funds for charities by connecting causes to virtual in-game purchases. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/kenyan-lions-now-send-sms-messages-from-their-collars-headlines.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:30:32 +0000 Cell phone modems help lions send signals in order to determine their whereabouts.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/smart-aid-eco-friendly-t-shirts-turning-into-sustainable-chairty.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:25:35 +0000 Project Repat is working with artisans from Kenya to turn used clothing into profits for NGOs and sustainable business for locals.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/125189.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:27:56 +0000 In the competitive space of philanthropy and philanthrocapitalism, how do you break through the clutter and get people engaged in an issue that isn’t the tug-on-your-heart-strings norm? This week, The Paradigm Project hopes to do just that by starting a conversation about fuel-efficient cook stoves. They hope to bring to light the issues that women in many parts of Africa face each day walking up to 15 miles to find wood to cook food with their live Woodwalk campaign. It’s a ten-day walk from San Diego to Los Angeles (October 4 – 13, 2011) during which a team of founders, staff, partners andRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-26.html Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:36:29 +0000 The Behance Network is the world's leading platform for creative professionals across all industries. Millions of visitors come to the Network to see the incredible work and find talent to hire.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/122254.html Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:03:17 +0000 Bulldog Drummond's founder says that there's a new movement of creative thinkers using their talents to build passion-based businesses embedded with generosity and uncommon sense.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/chris-harrison-spoilt-for-choice-marketers-must-use-audience-research.html Wed, 18 May 2011 09:00:54 +0000 I have spent quite a few hours in the company of market researchers recently, and I wish more marketers and agency folk would too. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-kenyan-catharsis-as-icc-investigation-begins.html Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:20:24 +0000 The ICC’s decision to put senior Kenyan politicians on trial also sends a signal to other leaders, from Yemen to Ivory Coast, that political violence may not be ignored.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/ted-2011-prize-winner-brings-humor-and-optimism-to-slums-and-conflict-zones-video.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:21:34 +0000 JR's new participatory art project allows the whole world to participate.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/how-valentines-day-roses-harm-the-developing-world.html Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:16:08 +0000 Supermarkets eager to meet demand for cheap flowers urged to show more concern for the environment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/chris-harrison-price-war-cuts-are-great-for-consumers-not-for-brands.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:29:05 +0000 Discounting is a short-term policy. And it places some businesses you in the last chance saloon faster than they ever would have imagined.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/monocolumn-news-comes-like-a-bad-hangover.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:41:06 +0000 A new law has been introduced this week which – if fully implemented – could completely change Kenya’s relationship with alcohol.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/future-of-health-map-kibera-creates-an-infrastructure-for-healthcare.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:44:46 +0000 PSFK talks with the team for their insights on how the project is helping healthcare workers in neglected areas. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/chris-harrison-african-banks-evolve-to-connect-with-new-customers.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:00:03 +0000 A look at mobile banking innovation in Africa.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/kenyan-communitys-low-tech-anaerobic-digester.html Mon, 10 May 2010 18:56:51 +0000 The Kenyan Community Initiative Support have developed a cost effective method to generate usable methane.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/soko-kenya-eco-friendly-clothing-creates-sustainable-livelihood.html Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:30:57 +0000 SOKO Kenya is a clothing production group launched to develop sustainable and long-term solutions to Kenya’s economic crisis by promoting a community-driven, environmentally-conscious fashion endeavor.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/meet-makmende-an-african-viral-internet-sensation.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:33:14 +0000 Who is Makmende Amerudi? What began as a comical video, reminiscent of blaxploitation era films like Shaft, has become one of Africa’s first viral internet sensations and highlights how widespread internet usage in Kenya has become.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/video-slum-tv-media-technology-penetrates-all-levels-of-culture.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:36:59 +0000 Slum TV offers a critical take on media technologies and their ability to empower community. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/coca-cola-goes-local-in-africa.html Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:36:29 +0000 Today, the nonprofit TechnoServe, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Coca-Cola launched a partnership enabling small fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya to increase productivity and double their profits by 2014. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/solaterns.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:47:24 +0000 Solanterns are an attempt to replace potentially dangerous kerosene lamps with more environmentally friendly solar powered lamps in Kenya.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/wearable-solar-panel-vest-for-outdoor-workers.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:47:10 +0000 Anyone working long hours outdoors knows the burden that a glaring sun can take on the body. In Africa, Dominic Wanjihia has proposed a flexible, wearable solar panel vest to harness this energy for productive purposes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/kenya-gets-more-mobile-with-bicycle-powered-cellphone-charger.html Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:05 +0000 Despite the ubiquity of cellphones, most people in Africa still need to travel great distances each time they need to charge their battery, a fact of life for many living in remote Kenyan Villages, where an estimated 17.5 million people out of Kenya’s 38.5 million population own a mobile handset – up from 200,000 in 2000. And once they reach a charging location – typically shops that utilize a car battery or solar panel – charges can take up to an hour and cost around $2, which although a necessity, represents no small fee. Having grown up in similar circumstances, two universityRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/the-soccer-project-pick-up-soccer-around-the-globe.html Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:24:26 +0000 “The Soccer Project” is the story of two soccer players who quit their 9-to-5 jobs and take off around the globe exploring the less glorified side of soccer: pick up games and impromptu contests. In Bolivia, the duo plays with inmates in a prison courtyard; in Palestine, they play with a sixteen-year-old girl who defies tradition and plays on the streets with the local boys; and in Kenya, with moonshine brewers in the slums of Nairobi.  The team travels to over twenty countries and tells the stories of the people they meet through the game.  Below is a 15 minuteRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/giant-photo-exhibit-in-kenyan-slums.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:38:50 +0000 Self described “undercover photographer” JR has created a giant photo exhibit in Kiberia, Kenya. The photos taken of women from the slum cover 2000 feet of roof tops, as well as being wrapped around the local train service (which completes the image twice a day). The exhibit, which also doubles as a second roof for the shacks it covers, is part of the photographers 28 Millimetres project. [via Wooster Collective]]]>