Technology for Sustainable Economic Development (TSED), is a charity trust founded on the premises of wanting to leverage technology for sustainable economic development in Africa

1. Chairman’s Foreword .
With the dawn of the New Year, fresh aspirations are birthed at T.S.E.D we have been looking
forward for this upcoming year with great expectation not only as an opportunity to turn a
new leaf but an opportunity to transform and build more sustainable communities.
We are grateful for what we have been able to achieve through the help and support of part-
ners and volunteers around Zimbabwe. This issues highlights some of our impending projects
and the support we expect.
Technology For
Sustainable Economic Development
Newsletter.
Inside this issue
Creating Change Through Social Entrepreneurship 2
Biogas the new gold of Africa 3
Opportunities Corner 4
T.S.E.D Refurbishment Centre Project 6
School With A Bag Project 7
Conclusion 8
Volume One Issue TwoDecember 2016– January 2017

2. If you want to make progress, create
sustainable societies, you need to be-
come unreasonable be willing to break
the status quo. Most innovation comes
from unreasonable people, first man on
the moon, the architects of modern day
internet were all unreasonable .To me
it’s obvious these big lofty seemingly
unachievable dreams are the drivers to a
better reality. Muhammad Yunus be-
lieved you could provide unsecured loans to
the poorest people in the
world mainly woman totally
contradicting to the orthodox
banking system. It took him
17 years to prove you could
do business and provide
these loans and today its cop-
ied all over the world and
it’s called microfinance .His
own social enterprise has al-
ready provided 5 billion Unit-
ed States dollars to over five
million people .Helping them
create wealth and progress.
Why do we need progress?
The last 40 years the world at
large has experienced growth, accumula-
tion of wealth but we have not been able to
solve some of the major challenges that
have plagued our world. We are depleting
our natural and raw materials in a totally
unprecedented pace .We have over 25 mil-
lion people in Africa that have HIV/AIDs and
a million of them die every year. We have 1
billion people growing up in poverty, there
is 2 billion children around the world mean-
ing one in every two children grows in pov-
erty. Eighty five of the richest people in the
world own more wealth than3.5 billion poor
people in the world .This system is
totally unacceptable and unsustain-
able hence we urgently need to find
new solutions to these challenges.
How do we create change?
I believe these unreasonable people
play a critical role in creating
change and facilitating progress.
Broadly termed as social entrepre-
neurs these people choose to see
opportunities where other
people c intangible problems.
Characteristics of Social En-
trepreneurs.
 Every social entrepreneur
has a theory of change.
 A viable business model to
create that change
 Market based solution
 Advocate for systematic
change.
By Benson Tererai Chig-
wende
benson@tsed.org.zw
cCreating change through social entrepreneurship.
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“The reasonable
man adapts
himself to the
world: the
unreasonable one
persists in trying
to adapt the
world to himself.
Therefore all
progress depends
on the
unreasonable
man”

3. With times changing, finding lasting solu-
tions to Africa’s energy challenge is at the
helm of discussion. Africa population promis-
es to grow at astounding rate in the next 5 to
10 years hence the demand will spike. While
electricity remains core to
modern day human civi-
lization by enabling bet-
ter health care delivery,
manufacturing and pro-
vision of lighting in
homes. Hence the lim-
ited access to electricity
in Africa has had nega-
tive implication on the
economic development
of the continent thus
leaving millions of its
people in extreme pov-
erty.
Quick fact.
An estimated 30% of health centers and over
a third of primary schools in Africa have to
function with no electricity
8 out of 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa heat
their homes and cook food using open fire.
How do we solve this problem?
Biogas a mixture of different gases produced
by the breakdown of organic matter in the ab-
sence of oxygen. Originating from residual
waste from livestock (dung, manure and un-
eaten foods) food production (fruits and vege-
tables) waste residual from meat, fish dairy
and effluents from industrial as well as munic-
ipal waste water .Biogas is produced in a di-
gester when waste material mix thus produc-
ing combustible gas like methane.
What are the advantages of using biogas?
Biogas digests produce methane gas which
can be used for cooking, lighting, water heat-
ing and electricity generation through special-
ly build biogas generators.
The digester uses organic waste from the kitch-
en, garden, sewage, animal manure etc.
By converting methane into energy, we prevent
it from entering into the atmosphere. Methane
gas is 20 times more harmful that carbon diox-
ide.
Environmentally friendly.
Learning from others.
In Africa, biogas as an alternative source of en-
ergy has not been widely accepted but for the
few that have stepped up t have done so re-
markably well. Kenya and South Africa have ex-
isting projects to produce biogas. In South
Africa they manage already existing landfill
sites and establishing new landfill sites used as
a source of waste material used to produce me-
thane utilized to produce 6.4MW of energy
which is supplied to the local grid of Durban.
Whilst at Elgin farm, South Africa fruit pulp left
over in the juice production process as a feed-
stock for anaerobic digestion this farm produces
about 500 KW of renewable electricity which is
used to power their communities.
I believe Africa has vast untapped potential for
utilization and production of energy. However,
for all this to happen we proper infrastructural
policies that foster innovation and participation
of the public, At TSED a unique opportunity is
in place that allows public be part and parcel of
the progress of their communities. The new Afri-
ca requires the participation of everyone be-
cause its growth hinges community shared ide-
als for growth especially when there is very po-
litical will from our governments.
Biogas the new gold of Africa by Ezra Mukunga
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December 2016– January 2017
An estimated
30% of health
centers and
over a third of
primary
schools in
Africa have to
function with
no electricity.

4. Technology For Sustainable Economic Development
(T.S.E.D).
Applicants are invited from suitably qualified people to
undergo a VOLUNTARY home based position with T.S.E.D
in the following positions ,
PROJECT WRITERS
BLOGGERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
GRAPHHIC DESIGNERS
EVENT COORDINATORS
NB Home Based Positions
Good writing and verbal skills in the English Language
Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with
minimal technical support
Good communication skills that functions across a di-
versity of cultures
Good at role of facilitator and team payer in solving
problems
Willing to carry of campaigns
Core values & Desired Competencies
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work without supervision
To apply interested candidates are encouraged to apply
as soon as possible by submitting CVs, application form
and statement of motivation to
infor@tsed.org.zw
Please indicate the position being applied for in the
subject line .Applicants who fail to follow all the applica-
tion requirements stated above will not be shortlist-
ed .Qualified female candidates are strongly recommend-
ed to apply.
Candidates should be willing and able to demon-
strate a combination of intellect , personal experience ,
energy and creativity sufficient to make a powerful
contribution at board level. They also should have a
passion for poverty eradication ,community integration
and development, knowledge of the challenges faced
in developing countries and a commitment to T.S.E.D’s
values and objectives. Interested candidates should
submit a detailed CV, Motivational letter.
This should be mailed directly to infor@tsed.org.zw cc
to benson@tsed.org.zw
Technology for sustainable Economic Develop-
ment is looking for trustees to join the existing
two Trustees and extend the range of Trustees’
experience and skills as well to make sure we
have continuity as and when any existing Trus-
tees retire. The new trustees should bring expe-
rience of one or more of the following areas.
Sustainable Development for rural communities
Social entrepreneurships
Finance or large scale general management
Significant knowledge of social and media
Venture Markets
Volunteer Opportunities.
TRUSTEES.
Success oriented
Humanitarian
Responsibilities.
Form school and community clubs that promote reuse and
recycle of unwanted goods
-these collected goods are then donated to needy schools
and communities
Host mini fundraising events
Interested young people should send a brief write up of a
community based project you were involved or wish to
become part of and statement of motivation.Expression of
interest should be mailed to infor@tsed.org.zw
NB Parental consent should be included and full support of
parents is encouraged.
TSED Emerging Leaders (Teenagers 13-19Yrs)
T.S.E.D Is looking for the next generation of leaders with a
difference that are willing to solve problems within communi-
ties .In a bid to promote recycle and reuse of technology and
promoting skills and technopreneurship within schools and
communities it is looking young teenagers living in these
three cities
HARARE
GWERU
BULAWAYO
To join the race of transforming communities and changing
lives around Zimbabwe.
Skills and abilities
Good writng and verbal skills in English Language
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6. The world today has a plethora of unused
electronic equipment. This equipment comes
from universities, small businesses, corpora-
tions, and many other sources.
This project looks at the best way to put this
equipment back to use for the remainder of
its usable life by donating it to communities
who are in need of the technology.
Across the Zimbabwe corporations and edu-
cational institutions purchase massive
amounts of computers, projectors, and other
technological equipment that need to be re-
placed within a few years.
Currently many of these corporations and edu-
cational institutions do not have an action
plan to reuse these electronics.
Instead they usually follow one of two paths,
neither of which is productive. The first path
involves the companies or universities storing
their old equipment and using it for spare
parts which waste valuable space and money
without providing much of a benefit to the
company.
The second route deals with the organiza-
tion permanently destroying the comput-
ers for fear of data loss, something that is
unnecessary and very wasteful.
There are many areas around Zimbabwe
that could benefit greatly from this donat-
ed technology. By donating these technol-
ogies to TSED REFURBRISHMENT Centre
these technologies may benefit the com-
munity a whole deal. All donors , corpo-
rates and willing individuals help TSED
make a difference around Zimbabwe by
helping support our refurb centre.
You can contact us on
infor@tsed.org.zw
benson@tsed.rg.zw
+263775931262
+263 9 60675
+263 771051077+-
T.S.E.D REFURBRISHMENT CENTRE Project
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7. School With A Bag (Education For All) By Aaron Nyagweya.
Under the “school with a Bag”
program, TSED seeks to put a
smile on a child’s face and
give renewed hope to thou-
sands of underprivileged
children learning in Matabele-
land North province. In the
first year of the program
implementation, TSED in-
tends to distribute up to a
total of 15 000 school bags
to underprivileged children.
With a target project growth
of 30 percent in year two,
TSED will distribute up to a
total of 19 500 school bags.
TSED already runs a refur-
bishment center, and this will
be the centre for our School
Technology for Sustainable
Development (TSED) is seek-
ing a grant to fund our
“school with a Bag” program.
The program, which was
formed under TSED’s Educa-
tion for All cluster, aims to
produce and distribute dura-
ble school bags to school
children in the Matabeleland
North Province of Zimbabwe.
Rated the poorest province in
Zimbabwe, with 91 percent
of her population staying in
rural areas, a lot of the 213
560 school going children in
the province will be deprived
an opportunity to learn due
to lack of basic learning
equipment and resources.
in a Bag program. For year one,
funding in the amount of USD9700
is requested, and this will cater for
the equipment, machines, materi-
als and outreach campaigns for
the program. USD4800 is request-
ed for funding year two project
activities.
For more information
Contact
A.Nyagweya , in-
for@tsed.org.zw,+26377453789
3.
A.Ganganarwe, in-
for@tsed.org.zw,+26377105107
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Sponsorship Form
Without the support and generosity of our partners, stakehold-
ers ,donors the vision would not be possible so TSED is mobilis-
ing individuals and corporate donors that subscribe with our
work to help us make our communities better by sending in do-
nation in the form of Damaged equipment or Working equip-
ment in the form of Office furniture, Tools, Industrial machin-
ery, Renewable energy equipment & Computers and laptop.
To our refurbishment centre were they are recycled for reuse to
communities of need.
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