Editor,I am writing in response to Sam Kebongo’s article titled, Why Are There No African Inventions?, published in The New Times of last Friday, May 25.You might be familiar with the phrase: “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” Question: How many paths lead the world to the doors of Africans? Answer: Very, very few! Enough with the exaggerations and pseudo-science. Simply encourage Africans to study math and science. Get advanced degrees in engineering, math, and physics. The innovations will soon follow. Kumatoo.com is a joke, for the most part. It simply shows people’s dreams, not innovations. That’s not to say that these people don’t have potential, but without serious education they will never be successful.Jeff
