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Samwel Mwangi

Samwel Mwangi

Founder and CEO of Plotus Innovation Company (KIY Toys), a Kenyan climate-smart manufacturer of STEM educational toys made from recycled plastic and wood.

Sep 18, 2026

SUSTAINABLY SPEAKING AFRICA

SUSTAINABLY SPEAKING AFRICA

Turning Plastic Waste into Learning Toys for Kenyan Kids with Samwel Mwangi

Sep 18 · 22m

speaker_1HOST
1:04
Very different
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
1:04
... it's very different.
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
1:05
They are s- light years ahead of us.
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
1:08
And the reason why they are light years ahead of us is because these countries have invested a lot of money on STEM, on toys, on skills of their children.

20 MINS LATER

speaker_1HOST
20:54
[laughs]
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
20:55
So this is a puzzle for animals.
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
20:57
We call it an animal puzzle.
Samwel Mwangi
Samwel MwangiGUEST
20:58
It's where kids join to make, uh, different animals.

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