Ugandan innovator makes affordable, green school bags

STORY: Ugandan innovator makes affordable, green school bags DATELINE: Spet. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:12 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zetu Africa workshops 2. various of students of Kibanjwa Primary School in Hoima District using SeatPacks 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARNOLD MUGAGGA, Team leader of Zetu Africa 4. various of assembling SeatPack 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARNOLD MUGAGGA, Team leader of Zetu Africa 6. various of employees using sewing machines 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NAKALYANTYA DAPHINE, Designer of Zetu Africa 8. various of bags made by Zetu Africa STORYLINE: In a quiet neighborhood in Makindye, a suburb of the Ugandan capital of Kampala, seamstresses are busy making school bags that may redefine classroom furniture. In the sewing room, a former car garage, some bags in different colors are on display. Arnold Mugagga, a Ugandan innovator and team leader of Zetu Africa, a design-based social enterprise, is the brain behind the school bag (SeatPack) that can morph i

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

(220907) -- KAMPALA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An employee of Zetu Africa, a design-based social enterprise, works at a workshop in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 31, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan innovator makes affordable, green school bags" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

(220907) -- KAMPALA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Employees of Zetu Africa, a design-based social enterprise, work at a workshop in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 31, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan innovator makes affordable, green school bags" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

UGANDA-KAMPALA-SCHOOL BAGS

(220907) -- KAMPALA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An employee of Zetu Africa, a design-based social enterprise, works at a workshop in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 31, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan innovator makes affordable, green school bags" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)