 We are joined by an innovator, not just an innovator but also an entrepreneur, so we can call him at tech, at tech frenure, right? Welcome. Welcome, Francis. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'm Francis Kamanga and I'm an innovator. Okay. More about what you do, what have you innovated and apart from that, what else do you do? Okay. I've innovated a security gadget whereby it secures a room whereby if someone tries to enter your room, the security makes a phone call to the owner, for example, maybe me, and also it can trigger an alarm and the security lights. Apart from that, I do install solar panels. We find some parts of the country, there is no electricity and they can use solar for power. Okay. You're doing quite a lot. And what are you currently? Are you a student or are you just majoring on your innovation? I am a student also. I'm doing mechatronics at a school called Gearbox Academy. Gearbox Academy. So what is mechatronics for those who don't know the course? Okay. Mechatronics involves technology of maybe robotics and AI. Sounds very interesting. Are you coming up with anything in AI or robotics? Maybe later after I'm done with this innovation, I have several innovations that are there to come up. All right. So we want to get into the automatic. The security system is an automatic security alarm system, right? Yeah. So how is this system? Tell us about this system. How is it different from other alarm systems? Okay. The system is different from other system because the system notifies you immediately when someone tries to enter your room. And also the system can call you at any particular part of the country. Maybe your home is located in Mombasa and you're in Nairobi. The same system will call you despite the distance. Okay. So we'll take a look at how the system works because we don't have it here. But we have a prototype video of how it works, which we will be playing right about now. My director will be playing it. So as the video comes on, maybe you can tell us how did you come about this? Okay. Why I came up with this system. My chickens were stolen back in 2019. And I decided to create a system that can notify me if someone tries to enter my room or try to steal something from me. I'm able to know that person is taking something from me. Okay. We'll get back to that. But first let's play the video. Let's see how it works. My name is Francis Kamanga. I have a project under the category engineering. I'm going to show you how it works in a short while, which is called automatic door alarm. When I open this door, there are some effects that are going to occur. The barbs right itself. The motor, the same. An alarm sound is produced. An alarm sound is also produced. And when I close all these tops, and also it makes a phone call, as you can see. Well, there's so much into the video. You'd want to go and look at it later on. Francis, tell us, where can they get? Because this is from your channel. Yeah. They can go to YouTube and search Francis Kamanga. They are going to see the video very well. Okay. And this is the prototype. This is not the actual thing. Someone might wonder, let's say here when you're here. But that is the prototype. You actually fix it in the house. So tell us about the process. So how does it look inside the house? Okay. Inside the house, it's just a small structure. Even maybe a thief will not notice there is a security gadget. And the system, it sends movement and also the body temperature of someone. That's why it's able to detect if someone tries to steal. And I decided to come up with this system using temperature and motion because someone might not go through the door. Maybe he would break the roof and enter the house. So it's not necessarily someone coming in through the door. So anything as in any intrusion, it will notice because of the temperature and the movement again. So it's very safe, very reliable. Back to how you came up with it. You were trying to solve your own problem. Yeah. And I would say maybe innovation is intentional because if my chickens were not stolen, I would not have come up with that idea, all this innovation. Wow. So now when your chickens were stolen, you understand that you were still in high school? Yeah, I was in high school. I was in Form 3. So I'm struggling to understand how you came up with this system. Did you have an IT background or any background in tech? No, but I used to participate in something called science and technology. And most of the time I was making projects so that I can go outside the school. But I didn't know this project was that big and maybe it would give me a revenue rate. It will give me money. So you just came up with it to solve your own problem and now you're making money from it. Yeah. Did you receive any support or are you receiving any support from the government for the startups? Yeah, I'm receiving support from the government, especially the county government of Kiambu. It is supporting young innovators and entrepreneurs in starting their own business. Whereby you can go to the bank and borrow loan without any security at 7%. Wow. Quite interesting. And how's the story? I know you've met with the ICT CS and how is this supporting you? The CS Joe Moshero has been helping me for a couple of time. I met him in 2020 in October. And I was in high school that time and he came to our home and saw the innovation. Wow. Are you receiving any support from him? Yeah. Okay. That's quite nice. And back to the system again. So now, is it being adopted now that you're selling it to the public after it came to be known? How is it being received by the public? Yeah, it's being received well and actually people don't believe that that project is working and they come to my home and see it and they say, this is magic. It's amazing. In our maze. Wow. Wonderful. How many have you been able to sell approximately? About 10. And what's the demographic? Most people, are they coming from Asia? No, it's not necessary. It's scattered. Okay. So you have people from all over Kenya coming too. Okay. That's nice. So now, back to how it works. Now, we have the alarm. I know that there's a way you can regulate the sound. Tell us about that process. Okay. You can maybe reduce the sound using something called a dimmer switch whereby you can decide the system can be silent and the system also can make a phone call when it's silent. Okay. So now, when the system makes a phone call, because now when the intruder comes into the home, the alarm goes off, right? Yeah, sorry. When the intruder comes to the home state or the house, the alarm goes out. Yeah. And then now it makes a call. Yeah. So after making the call, now what happens after I've picked the call? Now if you pick the call, you can listen to what they are saying and probably the thief might say, to my father to see, to the future Mahari, to Kujatuchukua Bada, you can go there with the police and wait for them. Aha. Also that's how it helps when it's just listening in. Yeah. Okay. And now, so what if someone is too far? Maybe so now they make plans to call the police and do that. But now does it hold any, does it have any evidence? Because if someone doesn't talk, maybe it's, so the thief comes alone. It's just a movement, same stealing and all that. How do you? Oh, the system also has cameras. Maybe you can look at the footage of the thief. So, okay. The system has cameras, but you have to come to the house to check the camera. No. Does it send to your phone? No. If your home is connected with Wi-Fi, you can be able to watch through your phone. So, it sends you a link? Yeah. Aha. Wow. That is quite interesting. Any other innovation that you have come up with apart from this particular one? Not yet. I have, but maybe I'll do it later. Later on. And any advancements that you intend to make in the security alarm system? Okay. My advancement to the security system, I would like to connect it with the smartphone device whereby you'll have an app. You can control the system using a phone call. Maybe you can switch the alarm, maybe like that. And also, I would like to partner with maybe people who do vehicle security system whereby they can use my system and the system can be used also in vehicles. Okay. Before we get done with the story of the security alarm system, as you tell us the other things you do, I understand that the alarm works differently at night. Sure. How so? How does it work differently at night? It works the same during the day and night, yeah. Oh, all right. I thought there were some lights maybe coming on because it's dark, maybe outside or something. It's still the same during the day. Also, the lights will go on and also during the night, the lights will go on. So, the lights go on at both times of the day? Yeah. And I made it like that. The lights go on. And maybe some of the lights will go on during the day. It's still the same during the day. Ah, all right. So, apart from this, what else do you do as we come to a close on this conversation? Okay. I do Wi-Fi installation. And also, I do solar for farming whereby you connect solar with a pump and maybe you can pump water into your farm and irrigate your crops. So, how do you connect the solar with a pump and farm, you know, distributed the farm? Is this an innovation by you or is it something that is already there? It's something that's already there. And people do not know about solar can pump water or something to do like that. Yeah, yeah. So, what is your final word maybe that you can say to the innovators or something that you want to add or have not touched on as we come to a close? Okay. What I would like to tell an innovator or someone who is doing something, maybe I would say innovation or what you're doing is just a journey. You have to keep working and balancing what you do and never give up. Never give up. Wow. So, you're making use of your hands, your skills. Yeah. And why is that very important for you? Okay. It's very important for me because what I'm doing, it gives me funding to do what I want. I don't have to depend on another person for money. Yeah, I depend on myself. Okay. Where can we get you on social media again? You can find me on Facebook, Francis Njorogge, or on Facebook still, Skynet Kamanga, and also on YouTube, Francis Kamanga. Thank you very much for coming on board and sharing with us your innovation. We wish you the best in it. Thank you. All right. So, that has been Francis Kamanga who's the founder of Skynet Kamanga. That is his company. And he has come up with an automatic security alarm system. So much brains in it. We celebrate our innovators. That's what we have for you in Sport on Tech. Karami Vao will be coming up next with music and lifestyle after this short break.