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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jul 26

    Is this Africa’s most inventive neighbourbood? Full story: https://bbc.in/2zKPCXZ  #BBCInnovators #SocEntpic.twitter.com/2vnpf2QGKi

    8:59 PM - 26 Jul 2018
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    • Maria Winchell Olúwadúrótìmí Biniyam tibebu solteira sim sozinha também Pintosi Olayisade Adeyemi™ Julia Виктор Фернандес Mills
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      1. aFlyn™‏ @tommynsin Jul 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        First of all, Africa is not a country. Second, in my Electrical Engineering class of 2011, we had more innovations. Stop patronizing Africa.

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      1. Rosa Ayala‏ @rayala266 Jul 29
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCWorld en verdad África no es fácil la vida, Dios bendiga el pueblo de África, los millonarios ayuden a este hermoso pueblo

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      1. Conspiracy‏ @trueconspiracy0 Jul 28
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        No

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      1. s,joseph‏ @josepfcho Jul 27
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        Super great background music that really relates to the African innovators👍👍👍👍

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      1. Yves N‏ @YvesN10 Jul 27
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        Really inspiring!

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      1. iマークن  🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🔱‏ @MarcWashika Jul 27
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        Damn, this is some seriously patronising sh!t. A hole in a wheelbarrow to release fertiliser is not an invention.

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      1. Joseph A. Gomes‏ @JosephAGomes3 Jul 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Fantastic..

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      1. Augustus K. Sobeng‏ @AugustusSobeng Jul 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Impressive

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      1. VolvoTurbo  🇫🇮 🇸🇪‏ @lamai99 Jul 27
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        Good ! Let’s hope they stay in Africa !!

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      1. Abdul Jalil‏ @engrabj Jul 27
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        Awesome 🖒

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      1. Nico Lynn‏ @NicoLynn6 Jul 27
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        Helping people to make their own tools of trade is wonderful!

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      1. CLE‏ @Bluebirdlouise Jul 27
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        that wheelbarrow isn’t a new invention the idea has been around for years. inventions are only inventions if they are a new idea.

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      1. donkor joy‏ @zrill Jul 26
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        impressive, the pocket of successes on the continent should be easily duplicated but for united Africa

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