The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and Entered the Digital World.
✅ This video is brought to you by: #EthicsProfile
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, in a village without electricity. At 14, a drought destroyed the crops. His family had no money, no tools, no hope. School was a luxury he could no longer afford. That was the start of his hero’s journey: hunger, thirst, abandonment.
The conflict was total. Adults gave up. Experts spoke of international aid that never arrived. William refused that destiny. He spent his days in the village library, the only place with a few books. He found a science manual in English. He couldn’t read every word, but he understood the diagrams. He discovered wind power.
Using scrap metal from the junkyard, he built a windmill. The first one failed, collapsed, broke apart. He started again. And again. Finally, the blades turned. A lightbulb lit up. Then water was pumped. His family could drink, the crops grew back. The village changed.
The return with the gift happened here in the United States. In 2007 he told his story at a TED conference in California. The video went viral, shared online across the world. Digital media turned an unknown boy into a global symbol. With scholarships, he came to study in the US, using the internet and international networks to spread his invention.
From a village without electricity to the digital stage of the world. William started as a hungry boy and returned as a hero, bringing a universal lesson: even with nothing, knowledge and sharing can change the destiny of an entire community.
#ArtificialDecisions #MCC #Sponsored
✅ This video is brought to you by: https://www.ethicsprofile.ai
👉 Important note: We’re planning the upcoming months.
If you’d like to request my presence as a speaker at your event, please contact my team at: [email protected]