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“My wife is a medical doctor”, whenever possible I insert this sentence in a suitable or unsuitable place. I do this in full awareness of what I am doing. A part of me inserts the sentence with a bad feeling, a part of me with pride. “My wife is a medical doctor”. How is that …
This sculpture of a “Female African Buddha” is based on an idea from John from Starnberg, Germany. John had seen a sculpture of a buddha at a friends house and wanted something related as he has an interest in Buddhism. His concrete idea was “I want a statue of a Buddha made of carved hardwood. …
We are growing! Archana Golla is a psychoanalyst based in Berlin and joins our advisory board. You might wonder why we want to have a psychoanalyst on the board? The reason: We operate in a sensitive area, in a context where we need to make sure that our clients, the craftsmen and women and us …
We made it to the Brussels Airlines Magazine!! They have been doing a series on founders and Jochen Baumeister, our founder, was featured in this month’s issue. In this feature, we get an insight of how the Urban Change Lab idea was birthed and how it works. © binspired by Brussels Airlines
I had a sit down with the Founder of the Urban Change Lab, Jochen Baumeister and got to learn about him. Curious about how the Urban Change Lab came about, I asked and got answers to when, how and why he started the platform. I now have a better understanding and I hope you all …
Beauty queens, we know them for their looks, charming smiles and sophisticated walks. But sometimes we tend to fixate so much on the outer image and fail to penetrate beyond the exterior hence missing their value. A true beauty queen should not only be beautiful on the outside but also on the inside. In case …
Sometimes customers ask us whether it is possible to order handicraft products in Africa with a clear conscience in view of climate change? They wonder whether it would not be better to have their items made by the local craftsman considering the CO2 effect of an order. For this reason, we did some calculations. The …
Automated translation, i.e. the translation of text via an IT system, offers the opportunity to translate back and forth between different languages in milliseconds. We at the Urban Change Lab have recently started using automated translation with DeepL to enable dialogue between our customers in Europe and our craftsmen in Africa so that everyone can …
We were very proud to be invited to the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany to present the Urban Change Lab at the Start-up Night! Afrika 2018. Have a look: our Presentation slot starts at minute 1:21:10 Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
I was just entering the shade hotel in the green area of Karen and immediately being greeted by a huge banner at the entrance of Kivuli garden written Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It was the day for the annual Urban Change Lab meet up for craftsmen and I being the Local operation …
The Urban Change Lab is very special to me. Setting it up is a labour of love. This first blog post is long overdue, frankly I have been procrastinating. Why? Because I prefer to implement an idea rather than to write about it. Because I really like doing something concrete. The Urban Change Lab, and …
