Increase aid-? Are you joking, because Africa will never catch up no matter how many billions we put in.! In many countries they're going backwards, & have been for many years.
This guy should go & talk to the Ugandan Navy, they'll help.

mikeyranson said----- " and i bet he will be a more outstandin­g employee than many other white employees." -------- Why do you say white employees , how about Chinese or Indian ect ect , You are not rascist are you ?

It may looka joke, but watching the video, this guy comes across as intelligent, passionate and has a craving for this project. He's an african from a village and seems to be educated to a level which in my book is high, considering his status and location. He has dreams and to construct what he has built so far in a garden where they do not have the manufacturing of what we have in our countries, then he should be snapped up by someone somewhere who is in the field. You give this guy a job and he will put every effort in to educate himself further and i bet he will be a more outstanding employee than many other white employees. I have travelled parts of africa and they love their education and i hope this guy does something with himself. It's a pity the report did not show more of his tools and his methodology of how he has built this craft so far. I would have expected his tools to be basic and by showing the tools, i think it would come across differently to many people. The black africans can make anything out of anything. They have skills in their hands that enables them to build and survive.

hope he does better than everyone else

Per Aspera Ad Astra. Good luck Mr Nsamba its pioneers like you that have changed our world whether you fail or suceed.

thay have a large elasticband to send the bailsa wood plane to the edge of space

Having been in various parts of Africa I understand the mentality.
We can do it, despite the fact that we can't.
The dreams are more important than the reality.
Starvation all around, corrupt governments stealing 'aid' and still people dream of other things.
A continent so rich in natural resources, so many bright people, let us hope they never catch up with us or we are screwed

What has £80,000 been spent on?? FFS!!

I do hope we increase our aid to African countries, its not cheap going into space you know.with all those little kiddies who die of starvation and lack of water, if they can launch a shuttle, thats bound to help them. God speed you wonderful caring people.

Loads of people without food or medical care, but that's not important, let's go to space (without an engine that is).

No engine? Hmm.

Hm, no engine as yet otherwise everything seems to be going er, OK. Maybe would have been better to build the plane around the engine but I'm sure they must know what they are doing.