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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MEMBERS & VISITORS A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. TODAY’S YOUTH WILL NOT ALLOW AFRICA TO BE RECOLONIZED A special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers, which could solve long-held scientific mysteries, according to new research led by […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INDUSTRY AND POLITICAL LEADERS FALSIFYING THEIR OWN COVID 19 VAX STATUS AFRICA ALERT: INDUSTRY AND POLITICAL LEADERS FALSIFYING THEIR OWN COVID 19 VAX STATUS If these genetics altering injections were truly safe and effective, why are people who are truly in the know about this global roll-out going to considerable lengths […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Yes, Africa has had tragic histories which, at times, have been hard to comprehend in their scope. A refugee’s escape, a prisoner’s promise, and a daughter’s painful secret converge in this inspiring real life story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Why Black Americans Are Leaving The U.S. “I Don’t Think I’m Going To Get That Here” A small but growing percentage of African descendants in America and elsewhere are taking a clear-eyed look at their domestic situation in 2022 just as some European Jews did in the mid 1930s. Consider the […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BUSINESS 101 BUSINESS 101: Satisfy A Need Most would agree that there are a huge number of ways to satisfy the heirarchy of human needs. An enterprising business person typically identifies a human want or need and develops a way to satisfy customers, no matter how simple or complex. Frankly, I […]
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