He is known for teaching himself engineering at the age of 12 and building his own radio station in Sierra Leone, where he plays music and broadcasts news under the name "DJ Focus." He was one of the finalists in GMin's Innovate Salone idea competition, in which Doe built a generator from scrap metals. Doe would constantly use discarded pieces of scrap electronics to build transmitters, generators, and batteries.[1][2]
As a result of his accomplishment, he received an invitation to the
United States and subsequently became the youngest person to participate in the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at
MIT.[3][4][5]
Doe subsequently was a speaker at
TEDxTeen[6] and lectured to undergraduate engineering students at
Harvard College.[7] In May 2013, Doe signed a $100,000 solar project pact with Canadian High-Speed Service Provider Sierra WiFi.[8]
He has had the chance to meet various leaders of the world including former US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, and Ghanaian President
Nana Akufo-Addo. He has also been able to speak to young people in Africa on different platforms. In 2016, Kelvin Doe became an Honorary Board member of Emergency USA, an organization with a mission to provide free medical and surgical care to war victims and poverty victims.[citation needed]
Doe now owns and runs his own company K-Doe Tech, Inc, where he designs and sells consumer electronics.[9][dubious –
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