MEMBERS & VISITORS: Thanks To The Innovators! Film Star Idris Elba Gives Remarks at the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit “We do not need aid anymore. We need innovation. We need partnership.” ~ Idris Elba The importance of changing Africa’s narrative about itself and the world is paramount. Black pride lies at the foundation of […]
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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 MY DAD WAS A GOOD MAN AND I LOVE HIM DEARLY My father, Edward Singer, died on his 88th birthday on February 9, 1999. I miss him dearly but his memory holds a huge place in my heart. At the close of his funeral I just sat on a nearby bench […]
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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 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 Fertile Ground For Innovation The likelihood of young African inventors making ground-breaking innovations lies more in having broad general knowledge, experience, and interests than in deep and narrow expertise in one field. A broadly knowledgeable individual is more valuable than a team of specialist, thus a team of broadly knowledgeable individuals […]
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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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