A Grade 3 dropout from Kavango West Region, Visentius Kapumburu has surprised his community for generating  electricity at home from discarded materials.

At just 19 years old, a young man, Visentius Kapumburu, from Gcwagi village, located in Musese Constituency, has creatively used discarded materials to generate electricity for his family's house.

They now use it to charge cellphones and power radio's.

Despite leaving school in Grade 3, Kapumburu's interest in technology continued to grow.

The young innovator uses positive and negative plates from car batteries, water, and other discarded materials to make a system that generates electricity.

The homemade system has been working for about two years, and the electricity is distributed to different rooms in the house through electrical wires.

Each room has a switch and a small red light to show that power is available.

Kapumburu said he had previously tried generating electricity using rotating motors that converted wind into power.

However, the system did not work effectively, particularly when there was little or no wind, leaving his family without electricity at night.

He then came up with a new idea for generating power.

Kapumburu's interest in innovation started when he began repairing broken radio's in his village.

He later built a powered toy airplane, but the experiment did not go as planned.

The aircraft flew across the Kavango River and eventually landed on the Angolan side.

He highlighted that he is now open to training opportunities that could help him develop his skills and turn his ideas into useful innovations.

"I never thought this was what the future held for me. I thought I was just playing. I accept the offer, and I am very happy."

His mother, Veronika Kapumburu, said she is proud of what her son has achieved, adding that her son's curiosity and creativity could one day transform his life if he gets the opportunity to be recommended for training at a VTC.

"Looking at what my son has done, I really never imagined or dreamed that it would one day bring important people into my house. I am amazed."

Kapumburu's story shows that talent can come from anywhere, and with the right training and support, his creativity could open the door to a brighter future.