About Designed for Africa
This blog draws on the concepts of user experience design to explore appropriate development of technology for the emerging market within sub-Saharan Africa.It aims to provide a critical evaluation of the broad range of issues involved, to build up a detailed resource for the field.
Key focal points:
Past, present and future development projects in sub-Saharan Africa
User experience design theory
History of software development
Broader issues surrounding development in sub-Saharan Africa
History of sub-Saharan Africa
The relationships and history between sub-Saharan Africa and developed nations
This blog has been developed for academic research, and is designed and maintained by Ella Romanos.
About Ella Romanos
Ella has a background in software and web development, visual design and user experience design through academic study and working in industry. She is also an author of the African Loft site.As a child, she lived in sub-Saharan Africa, where through personal experience and her subsequent contact with people working within many areas of economic development for emerging markets, she gained a keen interest in the field.
Her mix of design and development skills, and interest and knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa led her to focus her academic research on the field of appropriate development for Africa.
She is currently working on a development project based on the concepts discussed in this blog, and is interested in collaboration, external input and applying her skills to external projects.