Bots hearing aid technology targets 40m clients

The solar ear can last for five years, and costs about P3,000 or $600 and is considered affordable by world standards, where common hearing aid devices cost about P9,000.

Located in Riverwalk Mall (Gaborone), the company that manufactures the solar ear, Deaftronics was born out of a non-profit entity called Godisang Trust, whose former employees, all with hearing aid difficulties, and well trained in the technology, commercialised the solar-ear technology.