In the agricultural technology science competition dubbed AgTech Challenge, organised by the Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT), a Thirteen-year-old Kelvin Batwell has won, after inventing a groundnuts plucking machine.

The young winner of K300,000 is from Nkhukwa Primary School in Traditional Authority Kalumba in Lilongwe District. He stood out amidst other competitors; students from primary, secondary and tertiary who were challenged to present innovations that address the challenges faced by Malawian groundnut farmers.

Batwell told the media that the recognition has motivated him to work on more innovations. “I am always inspired by people like William Kamkwamba and other engineers,” he said. Present at the competition were over 200 guests from local government, private, and farming sectors, not to mention international guests. William Kamkwamba was also present at the competition, being part of the judges panel.