MEMBERS & VISITORS: We Were Programmed For Failure Wongel Zelalem reports on Ghanaian American inventor Thomas O. Mensah exposes how the British designed the education system of Africa which we can clearly measure, especially in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria, former British colonies. We at Tharaka Invention Academy are stressing practical skills during our curriculum […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Africans Invented Air Conditioning For the longest time designers have wondered and been confused as to why most African traditional homes and architecture in general did not have windows. They was concerned about ventilation and air circulation. Well, they started digging and the discoveries they have made are unbelievable! We […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Kenyan researchers celebrate WHO approval of new malaria vaccine Researchers and health professionals are celebrating the World Health Organization’s approval of a new malaria vaccine. It is especially welcome news in Kenya, which participated in the studies that helped bring about the jab. We have published other informative posts on Invention […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: African Innovators Preparing For A New Future “Africa Fed up With Being a Source of Raw Materials” – African Union Chair African Inventors and innovators in many different disciplines will help lead the way in a future which is currently being charted. It is no secret that for decades, Africa has […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Nobody Taught You In School That These Were Invented By Black Inventors In this video, we have a very special topic that will showcase the ingenuity, creativity, and perseverance of a group of people that has often been overlooked in the annals of history. We are going to talk about Black […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Kenya’s Home Grown 3D Printing Technology Kenya’s Home Grown 3D Printing Technology Takes The World By Storm. When it comes to innovation and creativity, borders are nothing but mere lines on a map. This is exemplified by the incredible story of Peter Miria, a talented inventor based in Ruiru, just outside […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: What Is Kenya’s GEARBOX? This video presents an overview of Gearbox and Gearbox Europlacer as a hardware incubator and enabler. Our Innovation development at Tharaka Invention Academy can certainly use the services of Gearbox when we develop prototypes of our inventions. We have published other informative posts on Invention School’s website […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Meet Four Young Innovative Kenyan Engineers A story of young engineers that are transforming their passion for hardware development into marketable solutions in agriculture. We have published other informative posts on Invention School’s website which may interest you. To view our entire catalog of over 800 posts go to inventionschool.tech/category/blog/ or […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: African Inventors Can Help Neutralize Toxic Nano Materials Before Africa Succumbs. As an expatriate African American, it is concerning to note that microplastics, which refer to plastic pieces that are less than five millimeters in length, are present in our bodies. They can be found in our lungs, bowels, and blood, […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Trying Harder to Support and Enrich My Community I’ve been working and studying like crazy to implement a human-powered washing machine for use by families and neighbor in my own African community and beyond and have developed several prototypes. One of them will soon reach that sweet spot of addressing most […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: DRIVERS OF AFRICAN INVENTION AND INNOVATION Research has shown that animals that are considered to be outsiders in their social groups may be more adept at problem-solving than those considered to be insiders. This was found to be more closely related to the animal’s social position rather than whether it was […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Does Not Require Your Hands At Tharaka Invention Academy as well as its parent organization Tharaka Invention Circle CBO , we are working hard to help African people improve the economy, standard of living, and overall well-being of African communities like our own. We therefore value inventions, innovations, and […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: KENYA BEWARE Atmospheric aerosol injections used in modern weather warfare are spreading out in the sky over Marimanti, Kenya. I caught this photographic evidence well after the depositing aircraft left behind these weather modifying chemicals so I was unable to fully detect the identity of that plane using Flightradar24.com. The ground […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Africans Inventing New Furniture It’s time to rewrite the narrative about African beauty and aesthetics. Africa will solve African problems and Africa will create African reality and worldview. Jomo Tariku, a furniture designer and data scientist with the World Bank, discovered in 2020 that only 0.03% of the 4,399 designers employed […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: The 10 Best Countries for African American Expats & African Diaspora In 2020 I took a leap of faith and left the United States for a new life void of hate, greed, broken promises, fear, violence, and toxicity of every stripe. In the Divided States there is a concerted effort to […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Bill Gates Is Not An Inventor Bill Gates has built an empire by buying patents on software. His business model has made him very successful but many still view him as a pariah. Yes, patents can make you rich. At Tharaka Invention Academy you will learn all about the patenting process […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Human Innovation Can Save Millions of Lives EVT Will Save Millions of Lives There was the case of Kris Walterson, who experienced a severe ischemic stroke and was successfully treated with an endovascular thrombectomy . This treatment involves using a microcatheter to remove a blockage, usually a blood clot, from a […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Can African Inventors Save Africa From Cancerous Foods? Palki Sharma tells you why Palm oil could be dangerous for you. In this case the people of Kenya, including myself, should be more cautious of the foods we are consuming, including vegetable oils. I’m slightly less concerned because my diet is primarily […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Tharaka Invention Circle CBO’s Vision Through multiple national broadcasts by Citizen TV Kenya on January 13, 2023, CBO Director Miriam Muthoni and I shared our vision of how Tharaka Invention Circle CBO can support economic and social development of women and youth through invention and innovation using the […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Weather Warfare In Africa? Spraying Us Like Bugs Are foreign military bases scattered across the African continent being used to buttress an eventual goal of recolonization, of commandeering the continent’s massive amount of natural resources? If that is actually part of hidden agendas, then along with that will certainly be the […]

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