 You are a librarian? Yes, by professional. And you built something like this? Which has nothing to do with what you do? Nothing to do with my career. You think there is something wrong with African education system? There is. There is the education system that is why it is brought in Africa. Why do you say so? It is like this is why it is imposed as this education so that we keep memorizing things. They have not opened a nutrition system where somebody can think on his own and do something. But rather memorize a grasshopper, head thorax, abdomen, something like that. Stories from Malawi keep surprising me. Let's say Africans are capable. It's just that the system that we have in place are not allowing Africans to bring their true potential within them. I'm an engineer but I found myself being a content creator. This morning I interviewed a nurse and he found himself in the farm. I met a computer scientist and now he keeps animals. No, no, no. This guy lives with animals man. It's like Malawi got everything. We got people building there. Now get closer. The person who invented this car behind me is a librarian. That's crazy right? Yes it is. Someone who reads a book in the library built his own. You built it yourself? Yes I built it myself. From scratch? From scratch that is. Are you an engineer? Not at all. So how come you came up with this crazy idea to build your own car? Ya now it just came into my mind that let me try something. Let me build a car. A Malawian car that is. Wow. Yes. So this is a Malawian car for Malawis. This one is a Malawian car. This is why I've put a sticker there under our flag. Malawi. And that's what you're wearing? You are just lucky that this mix and match today. I don't know. It's just a coincidence. In Malawian flag there I say Malawian flag too. I guess the car is called Malawi. No. It has got a name. What's the name? Yes the name of this car is Gideon. Gideon? As you can see the label is G. Okay. Ya and there is a J there. There is also a K. So Gideon for the model which is my grandfather's name. Okay. Ya so I've given it my grandfather's name. And J there is for mine. You see my name is Jeremiah. Son name Kalinda. So all these are embedded in. Gideon Jeremiah Kalinda. Kalinda. Yes. So you buy a car and it's called JJK. JJK. JJK for Malawi. That's it. That's interesting. How long did it take you to build this car? Eie. The whole year? Yes. I started building it in August last year. And today here it is. What's your people telling you when you came up with the idea that you want to build your own car? Some were thinking I'm going crazy or some sort. But I continued. I never listened to them. I continued pursuing my dream. Yes. Here it is. Your dream is to build your own car? My own car. But not only my own because I'm building it as a prototype. I want to do more of these things. Ya so this one will be a prototype. And I will build any other car that comes into my mind using the prototype. For instance maybe you need an ambulance. A village ambulance. I can build a village ambulance using this same prototype. Does it mean the ideas are in your head? Yes. And then you come up with it? But you're not an engineer? I'm not. You're not a welder? I'm not. So how were you doing it? I'm not a professional welder but I can weld. So I just do minor. So when I do some touchings I call now a professional to make the finishing touches. Where did you get the materials from? Materials as you can see behind is a scrap yard. So I usually go and scout on my scrap yard whenever I need a boat, a nut, a pipe or anything. Those are just my things. I never bought them but whenever I find a pipe along the way I take it, I'll put it there. Whenever I find a boat lying down, I'll take it and throw it there. That's basically how I source these materials. Hey, the car number is JFK. JFK, yes. JFK, do you want an American? No. For me. Oh! As I said, my name is Jeremiah. This one now is my father's name, Francisco. So I'm Jeremiah Francisco Kalina. Sure. What engine is in here? It's a motorbike engine. I don't know the type but basically... How long is that? This is the engine. Okay. It's a one piston engine but very powerful. It's 250cc. Sure. I really want you to spark. You take on the road and then we continue from there. Is that okay? No problem. The car is ready and it's about time for us to go for a test run. And we are hitting the street. Ho, okay. You ready for me? Yes. More than ready? Hold please. Okay. Is it a manual? Yes, it's a manual vehicle. Okay. Come on. But anyway don't worry. No, right? Okay. Wow. I think it's manual. It's manual. Three pedals there is clutch brake. Whoo. If you also want sound. Of course. Give me some sound. There will be some reggae music. This is great. Let's go. Of course, why not? Let's go. Whoo. It's just that I don't have seat belt, but I'm okay. It's in gear 4. Gear 4? It's in gear 4, but it's able to... Yeah. Does it indicate the speed? Yes. Here is the speedometer. Oh, yeah. I see. We are doing 20 kilometers per hour. So does it mean it's full like super or diesel? Petrol or diesel? Petrol. It's petrol. Petrol. Hmm. Come be on the road. Haa. It's an honour to me. That I have produced something that you and me can get hope inside and move around. So it can take you anywhere, as you can see. See, guys, the car is two doors, we open this door. That's the, what do you call it? Handbrake. Yes. Hey! We have to take it out and then it stops, this is incredible, look at that, so you got the accelerator, the brake and the clutch, everything works completely, what else do you want to show us about your car, what makes it so unique? This one I would say is unique because I'm using an motorbike engine but it's able to propel from lea, so it's a lea drive, it's not different who you drive, it's a lea drive but a motorbike engine. So I've connected the propeller to the diff, so that's basically the creativity that has been there, yeah sure. How does your friend, that's what you cannot do this, whenever you see you riding this car, what did they say? Now they've got nothing to say. They've got nothing to say. Yeah literally they will just say, you are doing good, now they are saying I'm doing good. But those times? No no no, they say you are crazy. Yeah I'm crazy but now I'm doing good, so basically that's that. Where do you see yourself in the next five years? In the next five years I see a manufacturing company under my name in Malawi. That's a great dream. Yeah sure. And I'm just hoping that the government of the day will support the dream. You don't think so? If they will, they will be most welcome, so that we shape Malawi together. We make, at least let's try to import these things, export, rather export, so that Malawi can also have forex, some sort of using this model. You are a librarian? Yes, by profession. BCC in Library Science. So this is the school you work in? Yes, this is my workplace. Workplace? Yes. So something like this? Yes. Which has nothing to do with what you do? Nothing to do with my career. You don't think there's something wrong with African education system? There is, there is the education system that these whites brought in Africa. Why do you say so? It's like these whites imposed us this education so that we keep memorizing things. They'd not open a nutrition system where somebody can think on his own and do something. But rather memorize a grasshopper, head thorax, abdomen, something like that. That's where we got wrong. We got it all wrong. Oh my goodness. We are not told to produce. Yes. That's the challenge with our education system. But you have done it? Yes. It means it's possible? It's possible to have homemade cars. What we cannot do here is an engine. Maybe to reach that far to make an engine. It will need much effort machinally. The whites cannot provide you. If they give you a machine to make engines, their market is dead. So they still want us to buy these engines. So anyway, we'll buy the engines. We'll modify whatever bodywork we want to do. We'll do on the road. Was it a childhood dream or what? Childhood dream. In fact, when I was young, I used to make these wooden cuts. 4-wheel, 3-wheel so that you pull each other. Something like that when I was young. To the extent that my friends were coming to say, make me a cut. So I could produce one and give them at a fee. Basically, so it's like I started way back. I grew up in the North. There's a city in Mzuzu. So those who know me from Mzuzu, they're not surprised with this innovation. They're not. So it's an important thing that I hope and believe that someday the whole world will come and see your invention. This is the only thing you've invented? Yeah, so far that's the only thing. If you had a chance to change one thing. Dancing in Africa is changing the mindset of the youth. The youth should believe that they're capable of doing anything. They've got brains, they've got hands. So anything is possible. Everything is possible. All you need to do is to change your mindset and know that you've got the brains and you've got the hands to work towards that dream. My name is Mr. Gana Baby. Don't forget to like this video. It's very important to me to share this video so that others can see that there is a Malawian inventor who used to be a librarian but now building cast in Malawi. I will see you all in the next one. Peace out.