Technology transfer projects in rural areas have goals different from those in urban centers. This was the experience in Ghana of the Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Knust), Kumasi, in the operation of the first two units of medium-sized technology-transfer (Ittu) is learned in Suam Magazine, Kumasi and the capital of the Northern Region, Tamale.
If the ICC, the first Ittu the middle of the informal sector of Ghana’s largest industrial magazines Swami opened in 1980, his approach is based on more than 9 years of experience working with urban artisans in Kumasi. A survey in 1971 showed that employs more than 60 percent of the workshops Suam Magazine in an activity in connection with the repair of motor vehicles were. Most of this work was carried out with hand tools, but the demand for sophisticated repairs led to the introduction of electric welding machine and a center of Tours a few. continue reading…
