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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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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Welcome to Tharaka Invention Academy 👋 You’re now using Problem Pals™: AI Tool Matchmaker, one of Tharaka Invention Academy’s Problem Pals™. The Academy describes Problem Pals as lightweight AI companions designed to help learners think, create, test concepts, and solve problems without replacing human mentors or the learner’s own thinking. _Problem_Pals_Index The Matchmaker has a […]

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Let me guide you on how Tharaka Invention Academy Helps Turn Problems Into Inventions. Hello, my name is Prof. Singer and I want to show you, very simply, how Tharaka Invention Academy is designed to work. This worked example follows a solar-cooking challenge through problem definition, prior knowledge, AI-assisted exploration, risk discovery, concept revision, and […]

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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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Africa either doesn’t understand this OR those with the power to lead change are prioritizing number 1. Given the lessons and consequences, who in the world is going to begin stepping into Africa and running the risk of building it next great competitor? China benefited partly from entering the industrialization […]

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Innovate Now AI problem-solving book A Practical Resource for Learning to Innovate and Solve Problems To All of my Supportive Subscribers, After a lifetime of teaching, engineering, innovation and invention, I have made my book Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving freely available because I want more people—especially young people—to develop the practical […]

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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: “Empowering Innovation: Community Involvement and Intellectual Property” Community Involvement and Intellectual Property So, in the context of reshaping innovation education systems at Tharaka Invention Academy, we’ve been emphasizing the importance of involving the community. Imagine you’re working on a new water purification system and you want to involve the local community. […]

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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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