MEMBERS & VISITORS: DIVERSITY – A PATH TO AFRICAN SOLUTIONS There is indeed much that we can all gain from each other. Be it a conversation at a swank restaurant in Capetown, South Africa to a simple query to a Kampala, Ugandan business woman, to a long chat with an Thailand farmer on a […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS A SOLUTION LOOKING FOR AN AFRICAN PROBLEM Bringing smart functionality to your home doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. If you have a smartphone and an empty outlet, you can use a smart plug to control, schedule, and automate nearly any electrical device. You don’t need programming skills or an […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS CYBER INVENTION CURRICULUM The Tharaka Invention Academy Cyber Curriculum uses a framework that follows steps we’ll take in the invention process. It includes introductory courses to help students get started. It also introduces students to entrepreneurial concepts to get them thinking about what happens beyond the invention process. This curriculum framework […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS KENYA’S PUSH TO ADVANCE ITS ECONOMY KENYA as well as many other African nations, are struggling to avoid the oppressive tactics of western global industrial giants to keep Africa dependent and weak. Therefore, we applaud the efforts of President Ruto to work around these obstacles. We have published other informative posts […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Why Develop African Invention Education? Africa’s incredible wealth of natural resources is a good starting point. The fact that this material wealth has been historically and primarily extracted for the greater benefit of others outside of Africa is a good second point. Technological advances in artificial intelligence, human speech recognition, and […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Tharaka Invention Academy has its eyes on the future. With one of the world’s youngest populations, Africa’s large and growing pool of unemployed labor is one of its biggest problems. Young people in Africa many of who are physically and mentally capable, cannot find the jobs they need to […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Grant Winners African people have no short supply of exhibited ingenuity. That is why I’m working so diligently behind the scenes to foster that creativity and bend it to the betterment of Africa and mankind itself. To be clear, innovation and inventions are not […]
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