Free Sample: Innovate Now—Mastering AI for African Problem-Solving

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26 Jul

I’m pleased to share a free sample edition of my book, Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving. The book explores how human creativity, practical problem-solving, and artificial intelligence can work together to help Africa develop useful ideas and turn them into real-world solutions. You can read or download the free sample here: https://tharaka.inventionschool.tech/Innovate-Now.pdf […]

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Why Design is the Fuel for Africa’s Innovation

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22 Jul

Design-led industrialisation in Africa Dr. Kenneth Ssemwogerere challenges a common assumption about Africa’s industrial future: industrialisation is not primarily a policy problem; it is a design problem. Drawing on his expertise in industrial design, manufacturing systems, and product development, he explains why successful industrialisation begins long before production starts. From product design and manufacturing processes […]

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From Struggle To Strength ~ Africa’s Innovation Revolution

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18 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: From Struggle To Strength ~ Africa’s Innovation Revolution “Empowering Africa Through Innovation and Invention” As an innovation and invention teacher I’d like to give you some information on why innovation and invention are so important to people in developing countries. Many African countries have challenges today because of systems put in […]

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Why African Startup Businesses Are Dying

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18 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Why African Startup Businesses Are Dying The narratives about Africa to date have largely arisen from other parts of the world, to Africa’s detriment. Now is the time for narratives about Africa to originate from Africa by African people. The chains of control and domination are being thrown off so that […]

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What Does African Invention Have To Do With Hatred?

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18 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: What Does African Invention Have To Do With Hatred? “We Are So Dangerous… We H@te Black People Because We Are Jealous Of Them.” “African ingenuity and innovation, I am certain, will shape the future of the world.” ~ U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris We have published other informative posts on Invention […]

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The harvest reveals the hand that held the hoe

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17 Jul

The harvest reveals the hand that held the hoe. For generations, people have looked at Africa and asked the same question: “What does Africa have?” Gold. Diamonds. Copper. Cobalt. Oil. Fertile land. Vast forests. Enough sunlight to power entire nations. The world has been trained to look down whenever it thinks about Africa. Down into […]

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Conversational AI for Apprenticeship Learning at Tharaka Invention Academy

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10 Jul

See how Tharaka Invention Academy apprentices use conversational AI, Innovation Coaches and Problem Pals to think, test ideas, document evidence and grow as inventors.

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Drop by and Test Drive our Courses

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04 Jul

Go for a Test Drive! Some people see a problem and wait for someone else to solve it. Others learn how to think. A young Kenyan opens a laptop. He speaks to AI in Swahili. AI responds, not with answers, with questions. At Tharaka Invention Academy, learning doesn’t end with information. It begins with curiosity. […]

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Why Did Ancient Humans Start Wearing Clothes?

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28 Jun

👕 Why Did Ancient Humans Start Wearing Clothes? | The Real Origin of Human Clothing Clothing seems like a basic part of being human — but why did our ancestors actually start wearing it? Was it purely about surviving the cold, or was there something much deeper going on? In this video, we uncover the […]

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INNOVATE NOW Widely Available in Africa

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10 Jun

The book Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving, which is available at https://tharaka.inventionschool.tech has been translated into Arabic, English, Amharic, French, Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Zulu, Spanish, and Portuguese.  As such, literate adults and older teens  coverage is  probably 90%+ of literate Africans, because these translations cover nearly all major education and publishing languages […]

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Solar Power Is Great For The Global South

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02 Jun

Amish direct task solar system In a workshop near Gordonville, Pennsylvania, a man named Aaron has run his entire operation — lighting, power tools, a freezer, a water pump — for fifty years on one solar panel leaning against the south-facing wall of his barn and one battery the size of a cooler. No meter […]

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Africa’s Upcoming Challenges

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10 May

African innovation and intellectual independence Nations unable to build internal resilience become vulnerable to outside leverage during periods of global instability. And that is where our story truly begins. Because somewhere in rural Kenya. beside a river. beneath African skies glowing orange with evening fire. another kind of institution is quietly taking shape. Not a […]

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Africa’s Quiet Revolution

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09 May

🌍 A quiet revolution may already be unfolding across Africa and you are invited. Not through governments. Not through giant corporations. But through ordinary people learning to shape the future for themselves. 💡 This new cinematic video explores innovation, AI, invention, problem-solving, and the emerging generation of African creators who refuse to remain spectators to […]

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The Impossible is only Temporary

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08 May

There are moments in human history when the impossible does not collapse with an explosion but with a single footstep. A quiet impact against pavement. A breath. A heartbeat. And then suddenly the world is no longer what it was only seconds before. In April of 2026, beneath gray London skies and before millions of […]

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Adapting to an AI-Driven World

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07 May

The world is changing faster than ever before. Artificial Intelligence is transforming jobs, businesses, education, healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, communication, and nearly every part of modern life. Many people are beginning to ask difficult questions. How do I stay relevant? How do I prepare my children for the future? How do I adapt when industries are […]

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Tharaka Integrated Innovation Solution

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06 May

AI-Powered Innovation Training for Inventors and Problem Solvers We’re surrounded by promises of innovation. There are a million apps for brainstorming, patent searches, and 3D modeling. There are well-known techniques and methods like design thinking and TRIZ, and others which cover a very wide range of areas requiring solutions to problems. What does Tharaka Invention […]

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Rocket Fuel For Champions

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02 May

Kenya has another opportunity to display its gifts to the world. Enjoy also the closely related video entitled “How Kenyan Farmers Are Bypassing Middlemen and Exporting Directly” This time, we can examine its healthy diet. I can personally testify to the harmful diet of the modern industrialized West where profit and greed are the primary […]

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No More Babies

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29 Apr

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Africa’s Demographic Advantage: The Global Opportunity No One Is Ready For Africa demographic opportunity and innovation Start with the uncomfortable truth. The richest countries on Earth are running out of children. Not slowly. Not in a way you can ignore. It’s structural, and it’s already breaking the systems those countries depend […]

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Feeling Trapped?

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21 Apr

Start with one free lesson. Start with one free lesson. No money, no connections, no clear path. Feeling trapped? A lot of young people are told to wait, wait for a job, wait for help, wait for someone to open a door. But when you’ve waited long enough, you start to see the truth. For […]

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Africa’s Sovereign Future

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19 Apr

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Africa’s Sovereign Future: Innovation and Self-Determination Africa’s sovereign future 🎧 Audio Podcast: “Africa’s Shift From Extraction to Invention” So today we’re diving into a new vision for Africa’s future. And it’s a vision that’s built on something much deeper than just technology. We’re talking about healing a wound that’s 500 years […]

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