Malawi Spark Story: Turning a Dead Tower into Internet Access

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16 Nov

A new Spark Story is ready for you. It’s a true story from Malawi about an abandoned phone tower that villagers quietly turned into a community internet hub using salvage and imagination. No speeches, no foreign aid — just local genius at work. It’s short, visual, and meant to leave you thinking about what hidden […]

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Kenyan Farmer Adapts the Genius of Termite Architects

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10 Nov

Did you know a Kenyan farmer solved his greenhouse crisis by copying termites? In 2021, Joseph Kimmani was watching his tomato crops die in scorching heat waves. His green houses turned into death traps, reaching deadly temperatures that killed everything inside. He was losing money fast and running out of options. Then he noticed something […]

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Hidden African Urbanization Dangers

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07 Nov

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Tharaka Invention Academy: Reclaiming African Sovereignty in an Urbanized Future Tharaka Invention Academy and Africa’s urban resilience Cities concentrate not only infrastructure, but leverage. When nearly every life-sustaining system is controlled from the top down, whoever manages those systems effectively manages the population. The danger arises when the motives of central […]

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Realizing President Traoré’s Vision for an Africa That Thinks, Invents, and Builds

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05 Nov

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Realizing President Traoré’s Vision for an Africa That Thinks, Invents, and Builds Tharaka Invention Academy building Africa’s innovation future Building the Africa That Thinks, Invents, and Creates: How Tharaka Invention Academy Is Answering President Traoré’s Call Across the continent, President Ibrahim Traoré’s message has struck a powerful chord: Africa’s future will […]

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Weekly Innovation Brief October 27, 2025

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27 Oct

Download and read the the complete Weekly Innovation Brief The collected texts provide an overview of recent global innovations, primarily focusing on technological and public health advancements relevant to the Global South and Africa. These sources report on several key developments, including major biotech milestones, such as the financing for Africa’s first mRNA vaccine factory […]

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Global Elites Relentlously Covet Control of Africa

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09 Oct

Read and download “Implications of GCA’s Immunity on African Innovation and How to Counter It” Big groups with special protection can make plans for us in Kenya as well as the rest of the Global South without letting us ask questions. At Tharaka Invention Academy, we will keep control of what we can. Our apprentices […]

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Tharaka Invention Academy: Building Africa’s Path to Tech Sovereignty

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18 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Tharaka Invention Academy: Building Africa’s Path to Tech Sovereignty African tech sovereignty and innovation strategy Geopolitics is not a distant chessboard that innovators can afford to ignore; it is the invisible hand shaping which ideas receive funding, which components move unimpeded across borders, and which standards gain global legitimacy. The *Financial Times* […]

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Quantum Africa and its Quantum Future

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17 Jun

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Quantum Africa: From Mineral Leverage to Co-Creating the Quantum Future Quantum Africa Picture an African engineering student in Mombasa pulling results from a cloud-based quantum processor, then walking across campus to a lab where colleagues are refining battery-grade cobalt sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That scene isn’t science fiction—it’s […]

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Ugandan Youth Inventors Fight Food Waste with Biodegradable Innovation

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14 Jun

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Ugandan Youth Inventors Fight Food Waste with Biodegradable Innovation Ugandan inventors fighting food waste In this brisk YouTube Short, Ugandan innovators Sandra Namboozo and Samuel Muyita step out of their campus lab and into a Kampala produce market to showcase the tiny, tea-bag-sized Karpolax biodegradable […]

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She Hacked Her Ancestral Trauma—Now She’s Leading Africa’s Creative Future

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08 May

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: She Hacked Her Ancestral Trauma—Now She’s Leading Africa’s Creative Future Ancestral memory and innovation in African youth Tharaka Invention Academy will be offering courses which provide the valuable mindset, knowledge, and skills to become proficient innovators, inventors, and problem-solvers so that you remain highly competitive in a fast-changing world that is […]

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Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators

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09 Apr

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators Kenya wealth inequality and youth empowerment Who Really Owns Kenya? And Why You Should Care Let’s be honest: in Kenya today, a very small group of people—about 8,300 individuals—own almost everything. They control the land, the money, the big companies, and […]

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Reclaiming Sovereignty: How Tharaka Invention Academy Empowers the Global Diaspora to Reshape Economics and Governance

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12 Mar

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Reclaiming Sovereignty: How TIA Empowers the Global Diaspora to Reshape Economics and Governance Diaspora economic sovereignty The global diaspora stands at a crossroads, with an unprecedented opportunity to reclaim economic and political sovereignty by breaking free from outdated colonial paradigms. In this expansive discussion, the speaker urges people to recognize the […]

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Why Maxwell Chikumbutso’s Invention Was Denied a U.S. Patent and What It Means for African Innovation

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20 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Why Maxwell Chikumbutso’s Invention Was Denied a U.S. Patent and What It Means for African Innovation Maxwell Chikumbutso patent denial This is a quote from Luke 4:24 : “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” The phrase has since become a common proverb, used to […]

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Brutal Suppression of African Ingenuity Throughout The Ages Up to Now

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18 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Maxwell Chikumbutso’s Self-Powered Car: Innovation or Suppression? Maxwell Chikumbutso self-powered car Yet here we are today and are still witnessing that same brutality on full display. A Zimbabwean inventor, Maxwell Chikumbutso, claims to have developed a self-powered car that runs without fuel or charging, a breakthrough that could disrupt trillion-dollar industries. […]

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NOW IS THE TIME TO BREAK FREE!

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11 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: The Global South’s Moment: Innovation, Sovereignty, and Breaking Free from Economic Dependence Global South innovation and sovereignty In this thought-provoking discussion, the speaker challenges the pervasive pessimism and defeatism often felt by intelligent, moral individuals, particularly in the Global South, who feel overwhelmed by the dominance of powerful nations like the […]

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You Can’t Be Lynched If You Ain’t There!

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07 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Repatriation and the African Diaspora: Pathways to Return and Economic Growth African diaspora repatriation and economic empowerment Repatriation of the African diaspora represents a profound opportunity for cultural reunification, economic empowerment, and geopolitical strengthening across the continent. Unlike Israel, which has a structured and well-funded Law of Return for Jews worldwide, […]

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Could a Secondary School Dropout from Zimbabwe Be the Greatest Inventor of the 21st Century?

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03 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Could a Secondary School Dropout from Zimbabwe Be the Greatest Inventor of the 21st Century? Maxwell Chikumbutso self-charging electric car The world said it was impossible. Scientists dismissed him. Corporations ignored him. Assassins even tried to silence him. But Maxwell Chikumbutso, a self-taught inventor from Zimbabwe, refused to back down. Now, […]

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Clanslator and the AI Apprentice

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22 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Clanslator and the AI Apprentice AI-powered Clanslator for human-animal communication Tharaka Invention Academy extensively uses illustrative stories, lectures, lesson exercises, and podcasts of experts to drive learning outcomes of its students. Stories have a unique way of capturing our imagination, grounding abstract concepts in relatable experiences, and sustaining our attention. […]

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How Can Africans Become More Prosperous?

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16 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: How Can Africans Become More Prosperous? Africa’s Future Prosperity through Science and Technology Summary of the Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson In this engaging discussion, the interviewer asks Neil deGrasse Tyson whether he believes Africans can become more prosperous in the 21st century. Tyson responds with a strong affirmation, emphasizing that […]

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Another African Truth Bomb: : The Realities of Living Abroad vs. Returning to Africa

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15 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Another African Truth Bomb: : The Realities of Living Abroad vs. Returning to Africa “African diaspora challenges and opportunities” A recent tweet by popular YouTuber Wode Maya sparked widespread discussion, amassing over 4 million views on X . The tweet urged Africans living abroad to tell those at home the […]

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