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Simon Mwacharo Renewable Energy Entrepreneur - Video

Simon Mwacharo and William Kamkwamba - Renewable Energy Innovators.

Here is the video i did with Simon Mwacharo, the founder of Craftskills, a wind and solar company based in Kenya. This was recorded after his TED talk which you can find a great summary of at LHKB Ethan�??s and my post on his talk can be found here.

**I am a total noob on this one, please pardon the frequent uh huh�??s vigorous head nodding and leading questions�?�I said it was a conversation right? Right. I promise that the next video I make will definitely be better; I am getting started on Pixel Corps to get me on the road to better digital media work.(Thanks Alex Lindsay). Ok, without further ado�?�

Please click here to download the video

Update1: Mr. Mwacharo commented on the post

We are situated in Kibera slums Nairobi and are looking for a chance to give Africa her pride. Funds will come in handy to place us on an industrial scenario where we can produce these turbines at a lower cost and benefit wananchi.

Check out his company here.

Meeting these two gentlemen pictured above at TED was indeed an honour. I am not the only one who was impressed…Nii Simmonds has a post on William Kamkwamba, “I see I make”.

Update 2: Via Hash, William Kamkwamba has a blog, do visit him here.

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4 Responses to “Simon Mwacharo Renewable Energy Entrepreneur - Video”

maina njuguna June 19th, 2007 at 11:45 pm

Its nice to read that we have Kenyans trying to make power cheaper. The problem is that we have a government that hasnt realised the potential of the wind as well as the solar power. Rwanda recently put up a solar plant and they are planning to have a 250KwH of power from solar. Thats what i call a vision. Eddy Njoroge is sleeping on his job now that GeoThermal will be carried out by another company. What a rip off to KenGen shareholders.

click to http://assidous.blogspot.com

…My heart’s in Accra » A new wind blowing in Africa June 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am

[...] I’m not the only one who found William to be an inspiration. Nii Simmons, a Ghanaian-American entrepreneur, points to William’s ingenuity, and his statement, “I saw, I make,” as an inspiration for his own work. Hash has a great version of William’s story on his blog as well, and Juliana has a great video interview with Simon Mwacharo, the founder of Craftskills, a group in Kibera, Nairobi, which is building renewable energy projects in African cities. It’s likely that Mwacharo will be a great resource for William in the future… and that William is an inspiration for Mwacharo and anyone who cares about African innovation and ingenuity. [...]