Download “Enjoy Boosting Your Enemy While Shooting Your Friends” PowerPoint presentation. Enjoy this collection of “AFRICAN PROVERBS: African Cosmology & Epistemology” There is a Kenyan proverb that says, “Talking with one another is loving one another.” And today, by talking, we are showing love. Love for our students, for our communities, for Africa’s future. But […]
Read moreRead 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 […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: Two Continents One People: Unbroken Bonds Through Dance Two Continents One People Hello! I am professor Singer, founder of Tharaka Invention Academy. Across oceans, through centuries of struggle, our rhythm never broke. Africa and America—two continents, one people—still dancing the same heartbeat of resilience and creation. What was once torn apart […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: THE AI STRATEGY THAT TURNS IDEAS INTO IMPACT New Capabilities. New Opportunities. Same Shared Mission. I hope this message finds you well. Since our last conversation, Tharaka Invention Academy has undergone a dramatic leap in capability. What we’ve built is not just a curriculum—but a globally scalable, AI-powered learning system that […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: Factory Schools Kill Ideas Before They’re Born “Factory schools kill creativity” Wherever you are in the world — Tharaka, Nairobi, Lagos, Mumbai, Toronto, or São Paulo — I welcome you. My name is Prof. Singer. And I’m here not just as an engineer or teacher… but as a fellow learner. You’re […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: Africa is building something extraordinary Africa Continental Internet Exchange Hello, dear friends. This is Professor Singer once again, bringing you a story from Marimanti, Kenya that is not often told, but one that quietly powers the future of every innovator, inventor, and problem-solver across Africa. Today, I want to tell you […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: The AI Copyright War: Legal Battles That Will Define the Future of Innovation AI copyright legal battle Hello to all of my innovation family. This is Professor Singer again, Director of this academy bringing your this important news. At Tharaka Invention Academy we work very hard to let you know about […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: Co-Creating with AI: Tharaka Invention Academy’s Vision for a Better Future Co-creating with AI for a better future Artificial intelligence is already deeply embedded in daily life and is poised to transform intimate aspects of human existence, such as relationships. The author uses the concept of “robo-wives” as a provocative […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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* […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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 […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: From Obedience To Ownership From Obedience to Ownership: Invent Tomorrow As Western systems collapse under stress and shrinking populations, Tharaka Invention Academy leads a global movement of young innovators in the Global South—building sovereign solutions, redefining value, and inventing a future rooted in independence and purpose. 💡 Want to unlock the […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: An African Mzungu Comes Home African American returns to rural Africa A retired African American man returns to a rural Kenyan village seeking peace and purpose. What begins as a quiet visit evolves into a profound journey of identity, belonging, and mutual transformation in a community far more advanced and nuanced […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: The World Is Shifting—And So Must You: A Lecture for Builders of the Next Civilization The world is shifting and so must you “My dear students, we are living in a time when the systems we were taught to trust—finance, governance, even nature’s balance—are unraveling before our eyes. But this is […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS: The Flaw Inside AI Nobody Wants to Admit Hidden Bias in AI You’ve been told that artificial intelligence is neutral. Objective. Fair. But what if I told you… it’s not? What if the very tools we’re trusting to shape our future are already repeating the injustices of the past — silently, […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS: Case Study: I invented a popular kitchen gadget Trump tariffs impact on small business In the New York Times guest essay titled “I Invented a Popular Kitchen Gadget. Trump’s Tariffs Will Kill My Business” , Yair Reiner—entrepreneur and founder of Gowanus Kitchen Lab—shares the story behind his invention of […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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 […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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 […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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 […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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. […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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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