Zang Luka, the CEO of Zang Technologies Limited, is the outstanding personality featured in this week’s episode of First Class Materials.
Luka is a young man from Plateau State in Nigeria. He developed a foot mouse that enables persons without hands to operate the computer using their feet.
He has also produced a locally made power bank using electronic waste and a sand sieving machine that allows builders sieve wet and dry sand easily in a shorter time.
Sand sieving machine
Luka said he was inspired to become an innovator after observing that Nigerians import products but hardly manufacture anything.
He said: “We consume so many products. We don’t manufacture. ”
This led him to reach the decision to produce made in Nigerian products that can compete globally.
He said he came up with the idea for the foot mouse after wondering how people whose arms have been amputated operate the computer. The purpose of his creation, he said, is to enable upper limb amputees to function properly in corporate organizations.
He further explained in this episode how the foot mouse is used.
The mouse has a slipper on one side that the user slips one foot into. This allows the user to control the mouse pointer. The other side of the mouse is for the second foot and it allows the user to either “right click” or left click.
Luka’s innovations have won him several awards, including Best Technological Innovation of the year awarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria. He also won The Future Awards, under the category of technology.
Power bank
The 9th episode of First Class Material is brought to you by Linda Ikeji TV and sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria. The show features Nigerians who are standing out positively locally and globally.
Below is a video of Luka explaining how his inventions work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DV_A5p8cM
