Podcasts

Bringing solar MP3s with quality content to underserved schools in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond

16 October 2024 | Kristine Pearson, The founding CEO of Lifeline Energy. 

For many vulnerable communities, particularly women and children, in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, access to school and the news can be difficult. Hear how Lifeline Energy is bringing news and educational curriculum to rural communities with solar and wind-up radios and MP3 players, often providing the only reliable source of outside information to their clients. Kristine shares her story of winning the 2005 Tech Award (co-sponsored by the Tech Museum of Innovation and Miller Center). The $50,000 prize was pivotal in helping her raise additional capital because donors like to be first to go second.

On the couch: How radio education is changing lives in Africa

17 February 2021| Kristine Pearson, The founding CEO of Lifeline Energy. 

The power of radio

12 February 2021

With COVID19 disrupting schooling for billions of students across the globe, education ministries and NGOs have been scrambling to respond with alternative learning measures. Sadly, tens of millions of children will not be reached – because of lack of access to the internet and other resources, including a power supply. In marking World Radio Day -annually observed on 13 February, we reflected on how radio education has gained renewed importance as an effective reliable and highly personal medium for fueling learning. For more on this, Zikhona Miso spoke to Kristine Pearson of Lifeline Energy, an organisation that designs solar and wind up media players and radios for classroom and group listening.

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