Shared In Topic: Somalia's 13-year-old inventor finds fame
Jan 13, 2016 11:01am UTC
A 13-year-old boy's passion for making electronic toys in Somalia has won him local fame and a free education.
Guled Adan Abdi, from the northern town of Buhodle, taught himself how to make plastic toys from bits of discarded objects, and then worked out how to motorise them by studying real cars.
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A 13-year-old boy's passion for making electronic toys in Somalia has won him local fame and a free education.
Guled Adan Abdi, from the northern town of Buhodle, taught himself how to make plastic toys from bits of discarded objects, and then worked out how to motorise them by studying real cars.
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