Botswana Government Must Patent Solar Ear Technology

Monday, September 28, 2015

Somewhere in this edition, we carry a celebratory story on a Botswana company that is being hailed even by the World Health Organisation for its effort to provide solar hearing aids or solar ear.

The company, which is based at Riverwalk Mall in Gaborone, boasts of having already sold 10 000 units of their product.

It is estimated that some 360 million people around the world would need the solar ear, which is being hailed as effective and cost saving tool as it can last for five years.

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Botswana Government Must Patent Solar Ear Technology

Somewhere in this edition, we carry a celebratory story on a Botswana company that is being hailed even by the World Health Organisation for its effort to provide solar hearing aids or solar ear.

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