MEMBERS & VISITORS Nigerian Teen: Robot Designer Inventor Isah Auwal Barde, aged 17, created the robot Mutum Mutumi from cardboard and other miscellaneous materials he could find. It took Barde two years to build the robot. He had no funding, so all the parts were found locally or provided by others. He also said […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS CONTINENT WIDE PUSH FOR INNOVATION Children In Freedom School is an Afrocentric primary school in Nakuru, Kenya and was founded by Oku Kanayo and Utheri in 2018. Children in Freedom School aims to reclaim Africa’s glory on the global stage by recognising the greatness inherent in every African child, nurturing it […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BREAKUP WITH TOXIC MAKEUP African Inventors have the inspirational opportunity to leapfrog the psychologically and physically dangerous beauty practices of wealthier developed nations. These practices affect the mental and physical health of adherents who buy into the marketing psychology of this multi-billion dollar industry. The opportunities exist to forge new types […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS I HAD A DREAM Many of us know the story of Noah and the Ark. Noah served as an agent of God whose role was to become a servant poised to help launch a new beginning for those under his care. I had a dream in which I was able to […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS AFRICAN INSPIRED HAIRSTYLES Salons remain a thriving business on the African continent even during difficult financial times. It may be fair to say that African inspired hairstyles are even MORE popular with African descendant women in the United States as we can see here. I eagerly wait to see what my […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS FUTURE BY DESIGN What will be Africa’s Future By Design? The young African inventors I will be mentoring in Marimanti, Kenya will need to be familiar with the work and aspirations of other inventors before them. After all, the future well-being of the African continent is in their hands and they […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS The Cultural Creatives The world out there is changing at an unprecedented rate. These changes are not only environmental, economic, social and political but mounting evidence point to a rise of a new planetary consciousness and new world order known as transmodernism. Transmodernism is evident in all aspects of people’s lives, […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS My Little Buddy Poor guy. He/she appears to be missing one leg. In nature, that’s not enough to stop the show. Though not at all aggressive at well over 4 inches in length, he’s neither speedy nor shy, nor fearful. Miracles happen all around me all of […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS YOUNG, GIFTED, and BLACK Inventive young designers are on the move! The influence of Africa and its fashion scene has redefined the geography of the fashion industry in recent years, constantly breaking barriers with its vitality and its reimagining of what creativity can be. A continent whose fashion has often been […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS AFRICA’S BRAIN DRAIN How can Africans find solutions to Africa’s problems? Conservation biologist Kevin Njabo tells his personal story of how he nearly became part of the group of African scientists who seek an education abroad and never return — and why he’s now building a permanent base on the continent […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS: POISON OUR STORIES What is your story? When you grow up and talk to your grandchildren what’s the story that you want to tell? Will your story be more exciting than your resume? Will you say you woke up went to work, completed projects, met deadlines and targets, got promoted every […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS African Inventors African Inventors Learn about 11 African inventors whose incredible inventions changed the world. Most people are only familiar with well-known inventions such as cars, light bulbs, and smartphones. But there are breakthrough contributions from the African continent across fields such as medicine, energy, e-commerce, and many more industries. I […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS African Innovation Mentors Fortunately for Africa, there is no shortage of innovation talent. This awakening Giant will see earth shaking changes through the solutions which will be brought to bear on Africa’s problems. For example, read “Nurturing wealth of innovations among the youth“. Because of my past professional experiences in education […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Listening To Brother Bird Sadly, most of us have forgotten the wonders and joys of early childhood. When you are born and raised in a certain part of the world, that locale gives you most of what you learn and know. Its magic and wonder eventually fades into tame familiarity so […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Young Inventors Can Harness Local Resources A primary focus of Invention School is to show apprentice inventors that there is a wealth of local resources to which large amounts of value can be added. In this light, the African leaders who we choose can make vast differences for the better OR […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Sarafina! As tensions of apartheid spread across South Africa, many students revolts to massive stone throw, a demonstration that comes in a wake of the introduction of Afrikaans language as a means of teaching. This sparks riots among school age young people who have resolved to do what it takes for […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Cancer Is Killing Black Women The main preventable causes of cancer are diet, smoking and infection. Of these, diet is likely to most disproportionately affect women over the coming years. It has been estimated that over half a million cancers worldwide can be directly linked to obesity and inactivity every year. […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Wake Up Young Africans and Transform The Continent Twende Hub is a social innovation center, with the believe of collaborating with students and community members in Tanzania to identify their challenges and design & create their own solutions to their problems will contribute to a world with improved access to technologies […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS African American Builds Ghana Movie Studio Ghana can likely claim the honor of having the most visionary and progressive set of national leaders in Africa. It is evident in so many of the bold projects undertaken by diverse global interests within the African diaspora. A Los Angeles-born entrepreneur enstooled as Mpuntuhene […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Obruni, Mzungu, Whatever… When my wife and I first landed in Ghana in 1971, as African Americans we were completely baffled as to why Ghanaians referred to both of us as Obruni, the term used for white people. Since I was lighter skinned than my wife maybe that was a reasonable […]
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