Some of the best moments of this project occur when we least expect them, many of them in the field. This is where the real story is taking place. We had a number of these moments during our visit to Katete a couple of weeks ago (3/12/12). Now that the retailers are engaged, the promoters [...]
ColaLife supporters’ networking event, Design Museum, 18 December
5 December 2012 by 15 Comments
This is a Big Thank You Event for all our supporters who are able to get to the Design Museum in London on 18 December. We’d be nowhere without our supporters and we’d like to say A Big Zambian Zikomo – thank you – face to face – to as many of you as possible at [...]
Wonderful day in Katete
3 December 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m just back from a very inspiring day in Katete – one of the two districts we are running the ColaLife trial (COTZ) in. I travelled with three colleagues: Elias Lungu (the KZF project officer in Katete); Albert Saka (KZF, Lusaka) and Rohit Ramchandani (ColaLife‘s Public Health Adviser and the Primary Investigator for COTZ). We [...]
Calling USA – help us achieve our ColaLife Christmas Challenge!
28 November 2012 by 4 Comments
ColaLife has supporters all over the world – not least in the USA – and we’d like to invite YOU to help us launch our strategy to co-fund the distribution of AidPods in Africa. Can you help us raise a total of $5000 from 40 different donors in 30 days? We’ve just been accepted onto [...]
A day in the field in Katete
8 November 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’m just back from a day in the field in Katete and wanted to share some of my observations. These are just observations at the moment, not evidence. You’ll have wait for the midline survey for the first evidence to emerge. We visited 13 registered retailer,s and a 14th who we would like to recruit, [...]
Picture of the year | Kit Yamoyos on a bicycle
22 October 2012 by 8 Comments
This picture was sent to me this afternoon (22/10/12) and it’s significant. It was taken by Elias, one of the Keepers Zambia Foundation field staff, on his way back from the field on Friday (19/10/12). This is one of the retailers that Elias and his colleague, Justina, have trained. He’s visited the Coca-Cola wholesaler in [...]
Katete wholesaler stocks out of Kit Yamoyos
22 September 2012 by 5 Comments
“When the poor are converted into consumers, they acquire the dignity of attention and choices from the private sector. . . The key is affordability, without sacrificing quality or efficacy… stores must be easy to reach, within a short walking distance… availability (and therefore distribution efficiency) is a critical factor… ” CK Prahalad, The Fortune at [...]
Kalomo, Siachitema and Livingstone
22 July 2012 by 5 Comments
Talking to Golden and Joy in Siachitema – our ‘test-run retailers. Image credit: Sarika Bansal Last week was a good week:out on the road – on the front line, which is where I like to be. Unfortunately it’s not generally the place I should be – that’s the role of our Zambian partners, who do [...]
ColaLife – the documentary – can you help make it happen?
27 June 2012 by 5 Comments
In three weeks time a young documentary maker – a post graduate of New York University – will be travelling to Zambia to make her first solo documentary. Claire Ward will follow the first ’Kit Yamoyo’ on a test run from Lusaka, through the Coca-Cola wholesaler in Kalomo town, and out to retailers serving mothers [...]
The ColaLife Innovation Map
24 June 2012 by 8 Comments
The image of AidPods in a Coca-Cola crate is such a strong one that many people think that is all there is to ColaLife, but there is a lot more innovation associated with ColaLife than that. The ColaLife innovation map below shows how the original idea has catalysed even more innovative thinking: Click on this [...]
