African-developed radio is Zimbabweans ‘subversive’ newsline

An African-developed product, designed specifically with the continent’s rugged conditions in mind, has been a lifeline for Zimbabweans craving news from the outside world. Less than 30 seconds of ‘personal power’ on the winding handle of a Freeplay wind-up radio delivers an hour of medium-volume broadcast.
So successful has the radio been in delivering external news [...]