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The Hyve PodcastClean Water for TanzaniaAskwar Hilonga is an award-winning entrepreneur, professor and inventor. He grew up in a rural village of Tanzania, was one out of four in his class to enjoy the privilege of higher education and returned after many years of studying to his home country to solve a pressing problem: unclean water.Hilonga invented the so-called Nanofilter, a low-cost and sustainable water purification system particularly suited to the needs of local people in Tanzania. In this episode, he is sharing his testimony and powerful experiences as a faith-based entrepreneur. Get in touch with Hilonga!2022-02-0722 min
Inventive PodcastEpisode 4: Askwar HilongaChemical engineer Askwar Hilonga wants to be a billionaire - by saving a billion lives. Growing up in rural Tanzania, life was hard. His mother and father didn't go to school and he suffered from water-borne diseases throughout his childhood from drinking contaminated water. Askwar wanted to use his education to help his community and, using his expertise in nanotechnology, he has developed a water filtration system and a network of water purification stations around Africa. He tells his story to Trevor Cox in the fourth episode of Inventive Podcast. Novelist Sarah Franklin, who runs the ‘Short Stories Aloud’ even...2021-07-1447 min