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BY Mohammed Awal, 12:00pm December 26, 2019,

These little geniuses took the world by storm in 2019

by Mohammed Awal, 12:00pm December 26, 2019,
These little geniuses took the world by storm in 2019
Fathia Abdullahi: Photo credit: Screenshot

Fathia Abdullahi

Do you still worry about the tediousness of folding your clothes after weekend laundry?

A 12-year-old Nigerian girl, Fathia Abdullahi, has invented a fascinating robot to solve your problem.

Abdullahi began taking coding lessons when she was 11 and after 12 months, she has used her coding skills to build a clothes-folding robot. Click here to read more.

Tanya Muzinda

Zimbabwe’s female motocross champion Tanya Muzinda, broke gender barriers at the age of 12 to become the country’s youngest motocross champion.

Muzinda uses her motocross prize money and donations to fund children from poorer families, especially girls who are often kept home from school.

“Most of the children I paid for are girls because when parents don’t have enough money to send their kids to school, they’d prefer to send the boy child,” she said. Click here to read more.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: December 26, 2019

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