Comments on: Born to innovate: Fellows Friday with Alex Odira Odundo

By: Ivraj Hayer

Ivraj Hayer — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:16:06 +0000

Very inspiring and interesting. I have personal seen the two machines, with such investors and platform like Ted to showcase, we could reach out many communities in the developing countries and create jobs for the youth that live in area where only sisal can grow. Thanks for sharing.

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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:06:21 +0000

[...] Alex Odira Odundo (Kenya) - Kenyan inventor of the Sisal Decorticator, a device turning sisal plant into fibre, and the Sisal Twinner, a device turning sisal fibre into rope. [...]

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By: Katchi Buhary

Katchi Buhary — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:33:15 +0000

Innovate or stagnate is the key to success. Well done Mr. Alex Odira Odundo. We Indian Handicrafts http://www.indianhandicraft.org is guiding self help groups, women entrepreneurs produce handicrafts which can be easily marketed through various outlets. If anyone is interested to innovate, they can produce value added products which can make a good income within a short span of time. We wish all handicraft producers must aim to innovative methods for quick marketing and good profit.

By: Kevin Parcell

Kevin Parcell — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:18:47 +0000

Hi Mr. Odundo,

I’m designing pilots for marketplace development in India. Our focus is providing work to build marketplaces rather than secure income for farmers so we use human power, although the two purposes tend to be compatible. One of the products we can produce is sisal fibre using commercially available and portable pedal-powered decorticators, which produce 1kg of fiber per hour. (http://premagnetos.com/services) There are also pedal and hand operated rope-making machines available that are not specifically designed for sisal but might be adapted. I see in the photo above that your decorticator is motor operated. Do you use a motor also for your twinner, and if so, can it be converted to pedal operation? I see in the twine photo a machine with easy access to the pulley. We must always look to innovators such as yourself to discover the best solutions, otherwise we might find that our enterprises fail when they are outperformed.

Cheers,
kevin