At the age of 16, Wael Al Masri began his first project in which he produced electricity from the soil. He devoted four years to this project, and in 2016, the project took third place out of the 1,600 companies in the Web Summit 2016 competition. But later on, things took an unexpected turn.

At the age of 19, he gathered a group of 17 people from different backgrounds, winning the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017 global contest. Since then he has received multiple awards and recognition in various parts of the world. Now he is the leader of many projects in the fields of health technology and drones.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx