page_title: William Kamkwamba
hierarchical_section_title: William Kamkwamba
caption_attribution_description: I believe this is a shot of one of William's first windmills. This was shot by Tom Rielly after TEDGlobal in Tanzania. Find out more on William's Windmill blog in Malawi.
context_page_description: William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author. He gained fame in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 32 km east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other wind turbines, the tallest standing at 12 meters, and is planning two more, including one in Lilongwe, the political capital of Malawi.
context_section_description: William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987) is a Malawian inventor and author. He gained fame in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 32 km (20 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other wind turbines, the tallest standing at 12 meters (39 ft), and is planning two more, including one in Lilongwe, the political capital of Malawi.
caption: The first wind turbine
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