The Makers Who Will Build Africa

From Timbuktu Chronicles Mon Aug 25 2014, 13:53:00

Its not the development folks or Aid givers that will build the continent.Africa's future depends on people like "Kwadwo Safo, owner of the Kantanka Group of Companies covered earlier.Kent Mensah of Al Jazeera reports on "Ghana's talented but ignored inventors":

A father and his pilot son in a country with no history of manufacturing are making products that will stun the world.Accra, Ghana - Imagine having a television set that comes on after an effortless clap or by blowing air; picture yourself in a car that is engineless and starts with a simple push of a button tucked to your dress; or a change-over-machine that speaks and tells you where exactly a fire or electrical fault is in your home.

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