I was creating a new Video Game on the computer with my 10 year old daughter yesterday and was just thinking: How can I get most 10 year-olds in Cameroon to develop their own video games, build their own learning games, build robots and compete with the rest of the world? This stuff needs very little investment.

Africa is at a turning point in its history. Now more than ever, Africans can leapfrog themselves out of poverty using technology. It is very easy to learn today as MIT courses, Stanford University courses are available online for free. Anyone can learn to program software, build a robot, build a turbine to generate electricity, just by watching a free Video on Youtube.

I just saw this Video promoting science and technology in America, and I thought woa, this is just just what we need in Bafut, Bamenda, Batouri, Doula, Edea, Maroua, Mvomeka and any other place big or small quartier in Cameroon and the rest of Africa.

What are African governments doing to encourage science and technology? Are Africans in the diaspora doing enough to help Africans leapfrog? Are you an engineer out there? What do you think?

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