What tomorrow for African inventors?
Audio 49:00
Recording of the African Debate in Bamako (May 2021).
© Delphine Michaud
By: Alain Foka Follow
51 mins
Until recently, they weren't taken seriously.
No one bet on them, except a few rare patrons as crazy as them.
Today, through their innovation and adaptability, inventors have proven their genius to everyone.
They offer practical and less expensive solutions.
While the Covid-19 pandemic was raging around the world and traditional suppliers folded in on themselves, they invented respirators or even disinfectant airlocks.
But if the populations and the authorities now seem convinced of their talent, do they have a future on the continent?
Publicity
With our guests:
Cherif Haidara
, founder of Afrika Solar
Serge Armel Njidjou
, founder of the Fab lab AUI-Techno, designer of a connected incubator 100% "Made in Cameroon"
Mountaga Keita
, founder of Tulip Industries
Dr Sayavé Gnoumou
, surgeon and founding member of the French-speaking Academy of Telemedicine, African Union expert in telemedicine and e-health.
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