Great story about a kid in Nigeria building helicopters in his back yard from scrap metal and old engines. I would have will personally charge in to declare him a social entrepreneur worthy of Ashoka's fellowship if he gets beyond the time worn cliche "We don't reward talent in this country."
The idea is just step one. Are you ready to really make that idea a reality? Are you ready to really work hard to make sure that your idea helps as many people as possible improve their lives? Or are you just sitting there passively waiting for someone to "reward" you?
Mohammed Bah Ahmed is a role model that the young Mohammed should emulate. His ingenious pot-in-a-pot cooling system has won awards because he distributed it widely and cheaply and thereby demonstrating its potential social impact.
You have an idea. Do you have the obsessive determination to make it the idea?
I found Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing's interview in the Los Angeles Times' Calendarlive.com an inspiration. I found her real and accessible, not a goddess but a earth mother. A role model especially for women in Africa what ever their ethnic and racial pedigree. I shall read all her books and find out more.
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