Zero Project Awardee 2025Updated on 4 December 2024

Affordable solar-powered hearing aids with repair services and children’s hearing screenings

Zero Project

Essl Foundation - Zero Project

Austria

About

Deaftronics (Pty) Ltd, founded by a Botswana entrepreneur, sells low-cost, solar-rechargeable hearing aids assembled locally by people with disabilities. The hearing aids are supported by hearing screenings for young children at $1 per person as well as a repair service. Since the launch, sales have grown to 7,500 units in 2023. Deaftronics, partnering with WHO and UNICEF, operates on venture capital and expands through licensing agreements with micro-entrepreneurs in East and West Africa.

Solution: Deaftronics
Organization: Deaftronics (Pty) Ltd
Country of Implementation: Kenya

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[Alt text: An African woman in a work uniform meticulously assembles small solar-powered devices on a production line. Her focused expression and the bright colors of the devices symbolize the empowerment of women in technology and sustainable energy industries.]

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