by William Kamkwamba | Sep 3, 2008 | General
This is a picture from my exhibit at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, called Fast Forward…Inventing the Future. It tells the story of how I made the windmill in Malawi. I am very happy to see this exhibit in the museum, and I hope it will...
by William Kamkwamba | Jun 25, 2008 | General
This is a picture of my best friend Gilbert Wimbe and Bryan Mealer when he came to visit me in Malawi. He and I are writing a book together about my life. He's a great writer. This is a little bit about him: "Bryan Mealer was the Associated Press staff...
by William Kamkwamba | Jun 7, 2008 | General
I first met Dan Shine at TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania in June 2007. He has been incredibly supportive and helpful ever since, kindly donating my first computer (AMD powered, of course!) and providing an OLPC for the young children in my village. Later, OLPC gave us...
by William Kamkwamba | Jun 6, 2008 | General
During the World Economic Forum, I spent a lot of my time with Dan Shine's AMD team and their guests,including Auma Obama, Barack Obama's Kenyan half-sister.
by William Kamkwamba | Jun 4, 2008 | General
I spoke at a panel moderated by Dan Shine, Vice President of AMD's 50×15 initiative, an effort to connect half the world's population to the Internet by 2015 about Technology in Emerging Countries. Dan showed the short film produced about my story before...