Technology and the common good archivos - RED/ACCIÓN

LectO: an app that helps people with Dyslexia read and write

LectO was created three years ago by four young people as a project for a subject in high school. With the support of the international organization Disfam, which works to improve the lives of people with dyslexia, they perfected the development of what is now a free literacy tool, which can be downloaded from any device, has more than 25,000 users from 35 countries and is in 7 languages.

A technology-based company produces and
distributes bioethanol for cooking in Nairobi
neighborhoods

The successful start-up KOKO sells a cheaper and more environmentally friendly fuel than the kerosene or charcoal used to cook in poor households. It provides it at self-service posts located in the same neighborhoods where its users live. Thus, in addition to lowering costs, health damage caused by smoke in homes is prevented: in Kenya, 21,000 people die each year from diseases attributable to indoor air pollution.