Meet Kelvin Odartei, Ghana’s young creative genius who built his own car at 14

Original Story Published by: Mildred Europa Taylor, www.face2faceafrica.com
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(Above) Kelvin Odartei and his “Kelvinsuik-2020”.

In Kelvin Odartei’s young days when he was walking around, picking empty containers and scrap metals to build small vehicles for exhibitions, his mother was against the idea.

“I was trying to stop him because I don’t want my son to be a vagabond,” said Abigail Perbi. But a few years down the line, Kelvin has manufactured his own stylish sports car, which he calls “Kelvinsuik-2020”, to the admiration of many, and Perbi is now proud of her son’s feat.

The 18-year-old student of the Chantan M/A Basic School in Accra, Ghana, who just completed his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), came into the limelight after videos of him driving in his Lamborghini-like car to school on the last day of his BECE examinations went viral on social media.

The young creative genius told Face2Face Africa that he started building the car when he was just 14.

“I saw a moving plane passing by and something told me to build a plane so from that day I started building an aeroplane. It led to a stage, when it reached that stage, how I wanted the aeroplane to fly, I couldn’t have it like that so I decided to build a car.

“Then I started building a car to exhibitions, for showing to people, and one day I got friends who are very excited for it, and they came part so we all work together. So one, I day started building this big project.”