6 Young African Inventors
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Young African Inventors
Top 6 Inventors in Africa, and their innovations
When the word invention or inventor resonates, the first pick of the mind is the united states, Germany, Britain, or Japan. This has changed over time as other countries have joined the fight of producing amazing inventors and inventions and Guess what? Africa has not been left out in this new wind of change.
From devices, to sophisticated add-ons to technology, Africa Scope presents to you 6 Young African inventors and their crazy inventions. Some of these inventions have also made life more comfortable especially for people in rural areas.
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1. Arthur Zang
In a country where access to healthcare is a great worry especially in rural areas, Cameroonian engineer, Arthur Zang developed Africa’s first handheld medical computer called the “Cardiopad tablet”, that helps diagnose people with heart disease. The 25 centimeter touch-screen medical tablet enables health workers to perform cardiac tests such as electrocardiograms at far away remote areas and beyond. The reports are then sent wirelessly to doctors via the Internet for interpretation. Arthurs’ Cardiopad has been validated by the Cameroonian scientific community as extremely effective and it is currently being used in a number of medical hospitals in Cameroon.
2. Morris Mbetsa
Morris Mbetsa is an innovation enthusiast from Kenya who since childhood believed in the unrivaled power of tech to address some of the most pressing homegrown problems. This drive has birthed the idea to manufacture Africa’s first flying taxi to tackle biting problems like traffic jams, poor road infrastructure and enhancing improved delivery of critical products and services like medicare.
So far Morris has created a company called Numeral IOT, it’s a tech company that manufactures electronics and also develops firmware and software. He also has an RND lab located in the leafy suburbs of Lavington. The drone project is part of the many projects that he is working on in his RND lab.
3. Richard Turere
Tired of Lions attacking his family’s cattle, Kenyan Richard Turere, invented the Lion Light, an automated lighting system of five torch bulbs around a cattle stockade. The bulbs were wired to a box with switches and to an old car battery charged with a solar panel that operated his family’s television set. Turere had observed lions and found out that they are naturally afraid of people. The lights which flashed in sequence, gave the impression that someone was walking around the stockade. Since then, no lions have attacked again. Following the success, Turere installed the same Lion Lights for his neighbors, of which an installation goes for over $400. Richard’s invention has kept lions away from his family’s lifestock.
4. William Kamkwamba
Malawian innovator, William Kamkwamba, built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap parts after he dropped out of school aged 14. His windmill did not only provide electricity, but also provided water to his home in rural Malawi. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other windmills. His autobiography, “The boy who harnessed the wind,” was selected as a required book for all incoming students at the Auburn University. A movie has also been made, telling the story of this great man. William has used renewable energy to address Malawi’s energy challenges.
5. Adebola, Abiola, Toyin and Eniola
Four Nigerian high school teenage students; Adebola, Abiola, Toyin and Eniola, in 2012, showcased a thoughtful and practical innovation that warmed the heart of Africans and the international community. Their invention was a urine power generator which could provide safer, affordable and more access to electricity. According to these geniuses 1 Liter of urine could create 6 hours of electricity. The high school students created an efficient generator.
6. Verone Mankou
In today’s contemporary Africa, daily life activity is gradually moving towards technology. It is with this regard that Verone Mankou of the Republic of Congo invented the Way-C tablet, the first African iPad and tablet rival. The Way-C Tablet is affordable and available in Congo. According to Mankou, his invention is to bring Internet access to as many people as possible. Additionally, he is also known for creating the Elikia smartphones. Verone’s Way-C has been heralded first made in Africa tablet
While this list has been made in no particular order, these innovators have brought positive impact to their local communities and pride to Africa’s realm of technology and scientific inventions.
Prof. Oku Singer, Mechanical/Solar Engineer
INVENTION SCHOOL’S SIGNATURE SERIES
The technological progress of Africa and its diasporans was dramatically broken beginning with slavery and later through its colonization by European powers. With the arrival of the 21st century, a new era of an awakened Africa has dawned. In the graphic novel series “Invention School”, curious young African students explore their creative potential for solving everyday problems through a subset of engineering skills under the watchful and loving guidance of an expatriate African American engineering professor. Watch this uplifting graphic novel series. If you find the series and its content useful, please share widely.
GORGING YOUR LEARNING APPETITE
Powerful media giants continue feeding us steady diets of stories, games, music, and images of exploitation, mayhem, helplessness, victimization, sexism, murder, adultery, preposterous wealth, torture, drugs, deceit, vampires, zombies, thuggery, glorified gangsterism, demonic spirits, horror, war, despair, brutality, crime, vengeance, sex, addiction, psychic disorders, occultism, savagery, lust, hate, prejudicial beauty/virtue standards, and stale mind-numbing escapism. Never underestimate the power of the subliminal messaging in this media content to accustom your subconscious to your further takeover and control. The groundwork is being laid and we are being deliberately manipulated for easier subjugation. The “collusion” between Hollywood and complicit agencies like the CIA is clear. Hollywood has played a little known role as a propaganda machine for the US national security apparatus for many years. Carefully look at the proportion (you’ll be shocked) of currently available movie fare that embodies these themes rather than embodying themes that uplift, transform, and inspire. “Just coincidence”, you say? After a steady diet of this psychic fare (garbage in, garbage out), what normal person would ever be in a position or mindset to connect and collaboratively formulate creative solutions and healing to man-made problems that beset humanity, earth lifeforms, and Mother Earth herself? These incapacitating but profitable offerings by these media giants stifle any visions of progress and action we might otherwise take to deliver ourselves out of the quagmires our modern societies have created that affect the entire world. Why do these companies market and sell so much of this awful, depraved content?? Could it be:
- Predictive Programming is aimed at creating “world culture” and has been assigned to Hollywood to carry out. “Predictive Programming” refers to the use of entertainment and other cultural artifacts to introduce us to planned societal changes. As we come to see these potential changes as familiar, we also have an easier time imagining them to be normal, acceptable, and inevitable, no matter how heinous.
- Social engineering by an elite few? (neutralization and control)
- Prophecy?
- Conspiratorial takeover and mind-control through strategically embedded thought police?
- Greed? (whatever sells)
- Cultivated apathy?
- Cloaked suppression of liberating technologies through powerful diversions?
- Rampaging decadence?
- Modern “ divide and conquer” algorithms for fun and profit?
- Conditioned acceptance of streams of manufactured crises?
- Non-disruption of the current order (disorder)?
- Karma?
- Improperly tuned/authored “New World Order”?
- Stupidity?????
BUILD A BETTER DREAM
- Speak your truth or somebody will speak it for you.
- Vote with your feet and/or pocketbook
- Contribute your uplifting stories and discoveries to the global pool
- Never believe that mainstream media corporations will deliver the full truth to you as they have their own agendas
- As a free enlightened agent, regain control/understanding of the narratives affecting your well-being
- Spread awareness (articles, blogs, email, texts, advertisements, social media, art forms, workshops)
- Activist collaborations
- Dump or carefully scrutinize cable/satellite television’s agenda-packed (often subliminal) content
- Values-ladened family time stories and sharing
- Notify content creators & distributors saying what you DO want. Money is sharper than a sword.
- Dinner table/classroom discussions and viewing vetted movies like this one above.
Enjoy!
Prof. Oku Singer, Mechanical/Solar Engineer
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