William Kamkwamba
Inventor
1987 –
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Who is William Kamkwamba?
William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author. He gained fame in his country when, in 2002, he built a windmill to power a few electrical appliances in his family's house in Masitala using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other windmills and is planning two more, including one in Lilongwe, the political capital of Malawi.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1987
Dowa, Malawi - Parents
- Nationality
- Malawi
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
- African Leadership Academy
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on July 23, 2013
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