Kenyan student designs clothes that charge phones
By DW
05 October 2022 |
11:54 am
Kenya’s rapid mobile phone penetration has created opportunities to smartphone accessories providers. Ruuj Caflon, a Nairobi-based University graduate, is one of them. He designs clothes that can charge a phone and produce light.
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