• Cameroon: The Cardiopad - an African Invention to Save Lives

    Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 7 February 2012

    A young Cameroonian engineer has built the first fully touch screen medical tablet that could soon save many African lives. He first has to find the necessary funding to mass-produce the device.

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  • Peter Carlos Hinds
    Feb 8 2012, 15:53

    I am always ready to patronize any useful new invention or scientific improvement.I also hope that the media gives the inventor of the Cardiopad praise and exposure.I hope that many will pull their pockets and and assist financially with this scientific investment.This is the type of thing that Black Africa needs.This is the true development of a black people.Peter Carlos Hinds.

  • mingione
    Feb 8 2012, 17:45

    Shouldn't the invention have a global appeal rather than colour coding it as an African invention? The invention was discovered by an African with all its technological and scientific qualities. The funny thing about global investors, especially in "venture capital" projects is that once you ascribe a colour to it, the preferential treatments that would have been accorded it pursuant to the Silicon Valley-type inventors, would automatically be minimised. And the article's implicating statements that this would be applicable to saving African lives is in itself an untrue statement. Any invention that saves life should save life, as African lives are no different from European, Asian, Russian or American lives. However, let me be the first to congratulate the young inventor for his accomplishments.

  • mingione
    Feb 8 2012, 17:54

    Shouldn't the invention have a global appeal rather than colour coding it as an African invention? The invention was discovered by an African with all its technological and scientific qualities. The funny thing about global investors, especially in "venture capital" projects is that once you ascribe a colour to it, the preferential treatments that would have been accorded it pursuant to the Silicon Valley-type inventors, would automatically be minimised. And the article's implicating statements that this would be applicable to saving African lives is in itself an untrue statement. Any invention that saves life should save life, as African lives are no different from European, Asian, Russian or American lives. However, let me be the first to congratulate the young inventor for his accomplishments.

  • abiamone in London
    Feb 8 2012, 17:26

    The world has waited for a long time to see if any good news can come from black Africa. The world has waited for far too long wondering whether the blackman is capable of contributing to the betterment of humanity.

    The news of this Cameroonean cardiopad couldn't have come at a better time. We are only waiting to hear if some white superior brain will come forward to challenge the originality of this invention.

    If it turns out that the idea and invention is original, all black African countries should rally round this young man and support his invention to mass production.

    We heard of ogbunigwe during the Nigeria-Biafra war. The engineers behind the project were either killed or ran to the West for their dear life and Africa has failed to benefit from the ingenuity of these engineers. We hope this can't be repeated in the case of this cardiopad. Africa shouldn't stand akimbo whilst this engineers is whisked to America or Europe where his invention would be put to better use and re-exported to Africa!

  • AyoBamgboye
    Feb 16 2012, 11:11

    This is a good development. We at Africahealthitnews would like to see Africans developing solutions and IT-platforms that would help us to save lives and enhance quality of healthcare in Africa

  • AyoBamgboye
    Feb 16 2012, 11:11

    This is good development. We are at africahealthitnews lauds this breakthrough.

  • spawnofweevil
    Feb 17 2012, 20:15

    This is very cool - do they want donations from the public or are they hoping to get big corporations on board? Would kickstarter help? I hope to see more about this soon; it is too important not too spread!

  • CTU
    Jun 25 2012, 12:34

    I hope he has a patent/patent pending on some of his particular ideas...

  • Biotechware
    Jul 20 2012, 04:35

    The technology behing CardioPAD PRO is made @ www.biotechware.com.

    Hope for a better Africa.