{{Short description|Africa}}{{Infobox person | image = Kelvin Doe.jpg | caption = Kelvin Doe with his Kano computer kit in Sierra Leone in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|10|26}} | birth_place = Freetown, Sierra Leone }}
'''Kelvin Doe''' (born October 26, 1996), also known as '''DJ Focus''', is a Sierra Leonean engineer.
== Career == 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.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hudson, Hayley|date=19 November 2012|title=Kelvin Doe, Self-Taught Engineering Whiz From Sierra Leone, Wows MIT Experts (VIDEO)|work=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/kelvin-doe-self-taught-en_n_2159735.html|access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Nitin Dahad|date=September 12, 2013|title=Africa tech hub promotes tech innovation|url=http://www.thenextsiliconvalley.com/5605/africa-tech-hub-promotes-tech-innovation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019103933/http://www.thenextsiliconvalley.com/5605/africa-tech-hub-promotes-tech-innovation|archive-date=October 19, 2014|access-date=September 25, 2013|publisher=The Next Silicon Valley}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|author=GMin|title=Creating Local FM Radio Stations - Finalists 2012 - Innovate Salone|url=http://www.gmin.org/innovate-salone/2012/finalists/creating-local-fm-radio-stations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723190052/http://www.gmin.org/innovate-salone/2012/finalists/creating-local-fm-radio-stations|archive-date=July 23, 2013|access-date=January 15, 2013|publisher=GMin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lauren Landry|date=November 20, 2012|title=15-Year-Old, Self-Taught Engineer Wows the MIT Media Lab [Video]|url=http://bostinno.com/2012/11/20/kelvin-doe-vide-youngest-student-at-the-mit-jiillab/#ss__261911_170540_0__ss|access-date=November 21, 2012|publisher=BostInno}}</ref><ref name="CNN2">{{cite web|author=David Sengeh|date=November 14, 2012|title=DIY Africa: Empowering a new Sierra Leone|url=http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/diy-africa-empowering-a-new-sierra-leone/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120055204/http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/diy-africa-empowering-a-new-sierra-leone/|archive-date=November 20, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
Doe subsequently was a speaker at TEDxTeen<ref name="LM2">{{cite web|last=Manley|first=Lynne|title=Milton High School TEDx Classroom Project|url=http://www.lynnemanley.com/TEDBlog/2013/06/06/kelvin-doe-persistent-experimentation/|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109192737/http://www.lynnemanley.com/TEDBlog/2013/06/06/kelvin-doe-persistent-experimentation/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and lectured to undergraduate engineering students at Harvard College.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kelvin Doe|url=http://tedxteen.com/speakers-performers/tedxteen-2013/139-kelvin-doe|access-date=September 25, 2013|publisher=TedxTeen|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308073558/http://tedxteen.com/speakers-performers/tedxteen-2013/139-kelvin-doe|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2013, Doe signed a $ pact with Canadian High-Speed Service Provider Sierra WiFi.<ref>{{cite web|author=Elkass I.L. Sannoh|date=May 30, 2013|title=After Signing USD100, 000 Solar Project Pact…16 year-old Kelvin Doe aims to be like French Physicist|url=http://africayoungvoices.com/2013/05/after-signing-usd100-000-solar-project-pact16-year-old-kelvin-doe-aims-to-be-like-french-physicist/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130925062156/http://africayoungvoices.com/2013/05/after-signing-usd100-000-solar-project-pact16-year-old-kelvin-doe-aims-to-be-like-french-physicist/|archive-date=September 25, 2013|access-date=September 25, 2013|publisher=Africa Young Voices}}</ref>
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.{{cn|date=October 2021}}
Doe now owns and runs his own company K-Doe Tech, Inc, where he designs and sells consumer electronics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=At Age 11, He Built His Own Radio Station -- But Now, He's the CEO of His Own Tech Company|url=https://www.blackbusiness.com/2017/04/at-age-11-he-built-his-own-radio-station-and-now-owns-a-tech-company.html|access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref>{{dubious|date=September 2022}} His accomplishments were documented by RadicalMedia and presented on their corporate YouTube channel. When the video went viral, the story was picked up by CNN, ''NBC News'', and ''The Huffington Post''.<ref name="CNN2" /><ref>{{cite web|author=John Roach|date=November 20, 2012|title=Whiz kid from Sierra Leone built own battery, radio transmitter|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/whiz-kid-sierra-leone-built-own-battery-radio-transmitter-1C7179394|access-date=November 21, 2012|work=FutureTech|publisher=NBC}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost2">{{cite news|author=Hayley Hudson|date=November 19, 2012|title=Kelvin Doe, Self-Taught Engineering Whiz From Sierra Leone, Wows MIT Experts (VIDEO)|work=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/kelvin-doe-self-taught-en_n_2159735.html|access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> Today, Doe is claimed to be a young African inventor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Timilehin|date=2016-12-20|title=Young African Inventors Bringing Renaissance to the Continent|language=en-US|work=WiredBugs|url=http://www.wiredbugs.com/young-african-inventors-made-us-proud/|access-date=2017-03-23|archive-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084702/http://www.wiredbugs.com/young-african-inventors-made-us-proud/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{YouTube|id=XOLOLrUBRBY|title=Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.}}
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