The Whiz Kid...

Who is Kelvin Doe?

Kelvin Doe, often called “The Whiz Kid,” is a 16-year-old self-taught inventor and engineer from Sierra Leone.

He has created batteries and generators from scrap parts in his community to help provide electricity for his family and friends.  Doe built his first battery at the age of 13, and has since developed a local FM radio station, which runs off homemade radio transmitter and generator.

The whiz kid explained his influence for making the radio station, “if we have a radio station in my community, the people can be able to debate about issues affecting our community and Sierra Leone as a whole.”

“People normally call me DJ Focus in my community because I believe if you focus you can do invention perfectly,” he said in a video that profiled him, produced by @radical.media for the THNKR YouTube channel.

Ubuntu: I am because we are and because we are, you are. This simple statement encapsulates a profound understanding of human interconnectedness.  It is a statement of being.

The Grio: Kelvin Doe, the Whiz Kid from Sierra Leone