Tharaka Invention Academy: Inventor Transformation I want to explain to you how Tharaka Invention Academy works. I am Professor Singer, its director. We’re going to dive into something pretty fascinating: how the Tharaka Invention Academy, or TIA for short, literally transforms everyday people into highly capable, independent problem-solvers. Seriously, if you’ve ever wondered how someone […]

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Ibrahim Traore Burkina Faso beauty pageant reforms Ibrahim Traore has just sparked a very interesting debate about how Africa celebrates its young women, and I want to know what you think. A few months ago, Burkina Faso suspended beauty pageants across the country, and now, under Traore’s leadership, the country has introduced a very different […]

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A car on the streets of Barbados is running on fuel made from seaweed, rum wastewater and sheep manure. And the gas in its tank is methane, the same molecule as natural gas. In this video, we break down the Barbadian invention that turns sargassum, the brown seaweed invading Caribbean beaches every year, into bio-CNG. […]

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UNLEASH THE SCHOOLS! Will Africa’s future be built on solutions we buy from others—or solutions we create ourselves? Discover how our schools, together with Tharaka Invention Academy , work to help Africans become innovators and inventors, not just consumers of the creative gifts of others. 🎥 Watch this thought-provoking video: Professor Singer Tharaka Invention Academy […]

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Bedrocks of civilization BEDROCKS OF CIVILIZATION, narration by Prof. Judson Singer, director of Tharaka Invention Academy. When we hear people talk about civilizations rising and falling, we often think about great empires, powerful armies, enormous cities, or impressive monuments. We may think that a civilization is successful because it has become wealthy or because it […]

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      Tharaka Invention Academy • Problem Pals™ Academy Relatability Mapper Helping TIA apprentices make inventions, scientific ideas, and technical concepts easier to understand through familiar African experiences, environments, materials, livelihoods, and community life. Welcome Welcome to Problem Pals™: Academy Relatability Mapper, and welcome as a new Tharaka Invention Academy apprentice. This GPT […]

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For years, American PR firm v-Fluence has worked with a network of players in the agrochemical industry to ensure that the use of harmful chemicals in various countries, including Kenya continues. Despite mounting evidence of the harm these chemicals cause, v-Fluence and its partners have downplayed their risks, and discredited environmentalists pushing for an end […]

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Does this history have any bearing upon modern African innovation thriving or withering? Very much so—but not in the simplistic sense that Africa is still suffering from some ancient “geographic disadvantage.” The stronger connection is that the mechanisms described in the video—surplus, specialization, connectivity, knowledge diffusion, competition, and accumulation of technological capability—still govern whether innovation […]

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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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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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  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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  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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  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. 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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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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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? | 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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