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Mountaga Keita, from Guinea Conakry, has developed a medical Kiosk that can perform several medical tests to find out the causes of patients' aches and, thanks to mobile/telecommunication networks, patients’ examination results can be shared in real time with other stakeholders (doctors, students, etc.). In other words, his innovation could bring telemedicine to another level in Africa and the rest of the world.
This sophisticated device is manufactured in Guinea with local craftsmen. However, most electronic components are imported. But this is going to change soon as the innovator is planning to manufacture some of them in Guinea in order to bring down the production cost by about 60%.
Mountaga Keita is a former banker who decided to learn engineering by himself in order to conceive his projects and then surround himself with competent Guineans. Indeed, his innovation requires a lot of coding and artificial intelligence, among others. No need to ask for foreign expertise because the whole team at Tulip Industries (the start-up he has created in Guinea) is composed of Guinean coders, programmers, engineers, etc. In other words, Africans trained in Africa can develop highly sophisticated equipment (thus debunking the myth that Africans are not tech savvy).