DID YOU KNOW...

There's a place where African inventors share their work and discuss upcoming projects of theirs with fellow inventors; this magical world is otherwise known as the website, Kumatoo.
Based off the teachings of author Rudy Massamba's l'Afrique Noire Industrielle,

Kumatoo, which means to "move forward", has become a platform for African inventors to showcase their projects, inventions, as well as scientific and medical breakthroughs with the public.

Professer Souleymane Mboup

One inventor, Professor Souleymane Mboup, who leads one of the most advanced diagnostic laboratories in Africa, discovered a new strain of HIV and through extensive research found a way to separate DNA from white blood cells infected with the new strain of HIV. 

Photo of inventor Mathurin Oboukangongo's helicopter made from his old boat

Still in its beginning stages, the site's ultimate goal is to help Africa gain technological and industrial independence; which is a very ambitious and admirable goal that's worth supporting.


- FARIDA