The Appropriate Technology Manifesto is based on the collective work of the International Network on Appropriate Technology (INAT) and dates back to our first international conference on appropriate technology (1^st ICAT) held in Zimbabwe in 2004. Since then we have held nine international conferences on appropriate technology across Africa.  INAT has also supported appropriate technology projects in Benin, Kenya, South Africa and the Sudan.  In 2010, INAT presented an Appropriate Technology Declaration at a National conference on Appropriate Technology held in Washington DC.  This AT declaration is a cornerstone of much of the work of INAT and anchors INAT’s approach to technology policy. This declaration can be found on our website – www.appropriatetech.net. 

In 2021, John Trimble retired as a professor in Industrial Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).  From 2015-2016, he served as a Fulbright professor at TUT, while collaborating with the South African Post Office on postal innovation.  In 2003-2004, he served as a Fulbright Professor in computer science in Zimbabwe. From 1996 to 2015, he worked in the Systems and Computer Science department at Howard University in Washington DC.Since joining the academy, he has served as Head of Department, Dean, and Director of Graduate Studies.  Prof. Trimble coordinated the development of the PhD program in computer science at Howard University. 

Professor Mammo Muchie DST-NRF SARChI Chair Rated Research Professor in Innovation Studies, Tshwane University of Technology

Prof. Mammo, did his undergraduate degree in Columbia University, New York, USA and his postgraduate MPhil and DPhil in Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development (STI&D) from the University of Sussex, UK. He is currently a DST-NRF research chair in Innovation Studies at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology as a rated research Professor. He is a fellow of the South African Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences and the African Science Institute. He is also currently adjunct Professor at Bahir Dar, Harmaya, and University of Gondar, Ethiopia.​ He is senior research associate fellow at the TMD Centre of Oxford University and the Africa Centre of Excellence in Data Science at the University of Rwanda. He has taught  at the University of Economics in Prague as visiting professor, Jawarahal Nehru University in India, Tonji and Shanghai University in China; Honorary Professor Jiaxing University in China, Assistant Professor Amsterdam University, Visiting Professor Carleton College in the USA; Technology, Computer Sciences, Development Studies/AFRICA