1. Challenge: Describe your challenge, including all relevant information.

The challenge is the sale of locally produced goods in Africa. This is a challenge because  goods produced locally need to be sold internationally and since it is not easy to do so,  producers find it difficult selling their products on the local market to make maximum  profit.

2. Selection: In your own words, briefly describe the tool you selected (e.g., what it is

and why you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture  references).

I selected Mind Mapping tool to help in finding a solution to this situation. Mind mapping  helps to think, collect knowledge, remember and create ideas. A mind map is a graphical  way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring  information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate  new ideas. Mind maps can be created in many different ways, but they share the same  basics. Mind mapping is very critical to the design thinking process.

3. Application: Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge (e.g.,

what you did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively).

I collected information to understand the challenge to understand “what is” and to identify  “what if”. I collected information from several players that are involved in producing goods  locally and marketing and distribution agencies. I then identified all the insights in the  information gathered and uncovered what its implied. This helped me to understand the  challenge and arrived at a solution.

4. Insight: Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your

challenge (e.g., how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about  design thinking more broadly).

It has helped me to understand the mind mapping tool and how to use it. In my view,  mind mapping is the best to use in design thinking. It should therefore be used to find  solutions to any problem.

5. Approach: Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same

tool you selected or a different one -- and the reason(s) why.

When using this tool again, I would gather most of the stakeholders together to gather  information and find solutions to any challenge being faced. This will help find solution  in time.


1 . Challenge : Describe your challenge , including all relevant information . The challenge is the sale of locally produced goods in Africa . This is a challenge because goods produced locally need to be sold internationally and since it is not easy to do so , producers find it difficult selling their products on the local market to make maximum profit . 2 . Selection : In your own words , briefly describe the tool you selected ( e.g. , what it is and why you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture references ) . I selected Mind Mapping tool to help in finding a solution to this situation . Mind mapping helps to think , collect knowledge , remember and create ideas . A mind map is a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts . It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information , helping you to better analyze , comprehend , synthesize , recall and generate new ideas . Mind maps can be created in many different ways , but they share the same basics . Mind mapping is very critical to the design thinking process . 3 . Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) . I collected information to understand the challenge to understand “ what is ” and to identify “ what if ” . I collected information from several players that are involved in producing goods locally and marketing and distribution agencies . I then identified all the insights in the information gathered and uncovered what its implied . This helped me to understand the challenge and arrived at a solution . 4 . Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking more broadly ) . It has helped me to understand the mind mapping tool and how to use it . In my view , mind mapping is the best to use in design thinking . It should therefore be used to find solutions to any problem . 5 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why . When using this tool again , I would gather most of the stakeholders together to gather information and find solutions to any challenge being faced . This will help find solution in time .