Expect more calls from the village

• Mobile phones can now be charged using bicycles, thanks to young inventors

Mr Murimi said a community-based organisation in western Kenya had already placed an order for the smart chargers, adding that plans to put the devices on the market were in progress.

The young inventor said his only fear was that counterfeit chargers might also go on sale once theirs hits the market.

Mr Murimi, who says he has also developed a remote energy billing system that is yet to be adopted by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company, called on the government to help youths come up with more innovations.