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Effect of cultural differences on the project
One of the biggest challenges of this minor is managing cultural differences. Nowadays in the business world this subject is very on topic. -
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Our own experience
7th of November, 2015. We, Cateau, Marianne and Henriëtte, just arrived at the airport of Accra after a long flight. So many impressions! -
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The Ghanaian Culture
As expected the cultural differences played a large role in the internship. We wrote two articles about the culture. One that focusses on… -
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Continuation of the project
The duration of the internship was only three months, which is too short to complete the entire project. Moreover, the project’s goal is a… -
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Lessons learned
Most of the lessons we learned, both in the project and in the Ghanaian way of living, are related to cultural differences. Already before… -
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Summary of all relevant information
In this part all the information we collected in the three months of our internship that can be useful for the follow up of this project is… -
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Continuation
The continuation is the most important part of the project. Here all information needed to continue this project can be found. -
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Work creation
Local stores and welders can benefit from the cookstove business.Not only students of KITA can benefit from this business, also local stores and the weld - er will be benefitting from the business as their income and amount of work will in - crease as well. Nonetheless it is important to keep in mind that as much as possible of the production should be done in the region, but at the same time the production and material costs need to be kept low enough that… -
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Creating a business culture
Through this project the KITA students came in contact with the start up of a business.Furthermore the project contributes to the existence of an effective business culture. By setting up this business at KITA and involving the students in it, all students will at least come into contact with business. Students can experience what it is like to run a business in a relatively easy way, they do not have to bear the (financial) risks of run - ning a business, but will get more… -
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Awareness Creation
By doing this internship we created awareness of the effect of household air pollution amongst the students and the kenkey makers we worked… -
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Contribution to development and business environment
We reflected on our internship and discussed its contribution to the development of Ghana -
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Business Model Canvas
The customer driven business model canvas focusses on kenkey makers in the Ejisu Juaben district.The customer driven Business Model Canvas (that can be seen above) focuses on women who are currently making kenkey or other large amounts of food on a three stone fire. These women are affected by household air pollution (HAP) and that is why KITA has designed a clean cookstove. This cookstove is cheap, energy efficient, safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable. It is a Frugal Innovation:… -
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Internship Report
This report was written during and after the internship and includes all relevant information about our results and experiences in Ghana. -
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Division of tasks
For the internship the KITA students and the TU Delft students will execute most tasks.Both the TU Delft students and the KITA students will execute most of the project tasks. The KITA students know a lot more about the Ghanain culture and language and they will very important for the tasks where communication is needed. While the KITA students have more agricultural knowledge, the TU Delft students have more technical knowledge. We expect that this combination of knowledge will be… -
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Cultural Differences
During our internship we will probably encounter some cultural differences. This might lead to some funny or awkward situations. We already… -
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KITA
Advice for KITA on how they could continue with this project.For KITA it is significant to think about what role they want to play once a cookstove business can be set up. Will they sell the cookstoves themselves? Will they train people, so that those people can start their own cookstove business? Will they sell the design and not be involved in any business? KITA could write a plan about what they want to do once the cookstove is ready to produce. Such a… -
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Next group of students
Our advise for the next group of students that will follow up this project.As already said above it is important that in the first part of the minor the students get as much information as possible and make all the contacts needed. This is needed in order to prepare as god as possible for the internship at KITA. Concerning the project we expect that next year the group can focus more on the sales phase, instead of the prototyping phase. Of course this is dependent on… -
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Lessons learned in the first thee months
What did go wrong and how can this be prevented?At the complete beginning of this project the start was not as fast as we had wanted. First the five students had to be divided over two KITA projects. This caused some delay, so we would advice the next group to divide the groups already before the summer. In this way you can immediately start with your project. To make sure you lose as few valuable time as possible we would also advice the… -
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First short version of the project plan
This is first version of the project plan, including our objectives, goal, mission, research questions and learning goals. Furthermore the… -
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Planning
After the research phase, at the end of week 2 or the beginning of week 3 we will finish a brief report on our results of the research. The… -
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Deliverables
All the deliverables are meant for KITA and the students of the follow up of this internship. By writing all our gained knowledge down -
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Timeline and Milestones
After the research phase, at the end of week 2 or the beginning of week 3 we will finish a brief report on our results of the research. The prototypes need to be constructed before the Christmas holidays, so at the end of week 6, but it is possible to let the clay dry during these weeks. The prototyping phase and the sales phase overlap in the ninth week and we expect that preparing the… -
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Activities
The project is build up in three phases and consists of seven main activities. Here is described what we will do and how we will do this. -
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Sales
We will finish our project with the sales phase. This will mainly be a preperation, because the cookstove is not yet ready to produce. -
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Prototyping
After the research phase, the final design will be made. When the design is finished, we can start constructing the prototype. -
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Research
In the first three months in the Netherlands and the first two weeks in Ghana research will be done in order to achieve three goals.
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Ghana: Clean Cookstoves for KITA
Our mission is to improve the life standards, in terms of health, environment and local livelihood, of traditional wood fuel cookstove… -
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Health
A chimney guides the smoke and polluted air outside. The chimney should guide the smoke outside, otherwise the air inside will still be… -
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Less environmental pollution
When the cookstove is made with more precision and better tools than the one that was made last year, the efficiency will probably improve -
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Energy Efficiency
Last year’s prototype did not have a big enough airflow. To improve this the grid should be placed higher or another air inlet should be… -
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The Project Plan - summary
Below you can find a summary of the project plan, including our objectives, goal, mission, research questions and learning goals.