MEMBERS & VISITORS African Inventors African Inventors Learn about 11 African inventors whose incredible inventions changed the world. Most people are only familiar with well-known inventions such as cars, light bulbs, and smartphones. But there are breakthrough contributions from the African continent across fields such as medicine, energy, e-commerce, and many more industries. I […]
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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 Young Inventors Can Harness Local Resources A primary focus of Invention School is to show apprentice inventors that there is a wealth of local resources to which large amounts of value can be added. In this light, the African leaders who we choose can make vast differences for the better OR […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Wake Up Young Africans and Transform The Continent Twende Hub is a social innovation center, with the believe of collaborating with students and community members in Tanzania to identify their challenges and design & create their own solutions to their problems will contribute to a world with improved access to technologies […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. TODAY’S YOUTH WILL NOT ALLOW AFRICA TO BE RECOLONIZED A special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers, which could solve long-held scientific mysteries, according to new research led by […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BUSINESS 101 BUSINESS 101: Satisfy A Need Most would agree that there are a huge number of ways to satisfy the heirarchy of human needs. An enterprising business person typically identifies a human want or need and develops a way to satisfy customers, no matter how simple or complex. Frankly, I […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS BUILDING INVENTION SCHOOL GRAPHIC NOVELS BUILDING INVENTION SCHOOL GRAPHIC NOVELS Two of my areas of expertise are in computer graphics and 3D animation. With this background I’m able to accurately visualize all of the characters and scenes taking place within my stories. Kimathi and Kate are the Founders of Africa […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INVENTION SCHOOL: End Game INVENTION SCHOOL: End Game Economies grow not only by adding more capital and labor. A vital ingredient Invention School will contribute to African development is skill in creating and commercializing innovation, which makes investment and workers more productive. Productivity, which is defined as the value of goods […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INNOVATION KNOWS NO BOUNDS Creativity can apply to solving social problems, making potable water, developing sustainable energy systems, healing sickness, developing affordable housing, or creating a recipe for a dazzling new soft drink… Coca Cola has become a global soft drink behemoth after introducing its highly sought after beverages. One of […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS WILL CAPITALISTS EAT INVENTORS? WILL CAPITALISTS EAT INVENTORS FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER? I have personally experienced how evil and wicked even ordinarily good people can become when they are presented with the opportunity to make a lot of money. I invented a patented device, under contract, for de-boning chicken wings. […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS LEARNING TREES: Delivering Content On Africa’s Terms LEARNING TREES: Delivering Learning Outcomes On Africa’s Terms A New Earth is forming in Africa and elsewhere and one of the pillars of that formation is the system of education which can successfully bring about that transformation. Starting in the 1960s, various black communities […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS YOUNG APPRENTICE INVENTORS WILL TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS When young minds are given a heads up about some of the challenges that interest them besetting their homeland , their solutions may be percolating for 10 years or more, but you can believe that they will come up with solutions. Aside from writing […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Inventions Driven By Greed Inventions Driven By Greed One U.S. scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. We can see clearly how corporations will and have put profits before people. Does this trend have to continue. These are not the sort of values that Invention School will be […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS AFRICA’S BUSINESS INNOVATORS AFRICA’S BUSINESS INNOVATORS Africa’s tech startups raised a record $5 billion in 2021 as investors piled into firms trying to fix the continent’s thorniest problems. But money isn’t flowing evenly. Prof. Oku Singer, Mechanical/Solar Engineer
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MEMBERS & VISITORS GO TOGETHER GO TOGETHER The technological progress of Africa and its Diasporans was dramatically broken beginning with slavery and later through its colonization by European powers up to today’s aspirants from China, European Union, America, and India. With the arrival of the 21st century, a new era of an awakened Africa […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Teacher To Teacher With Mr. Wizard Teacher To Teacher With Mr. Wizard From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Michele Norris. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I’m Robert Siegel. We learned today of the death of Don Herbert at age 89. If you’re too young to remember television in the […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Anti Aging Technology Anti-aging technology is coming. Here’s how you can be ready for it; see aging as a disease, hang out with younger, more vital folks who surround you with optimism and a youthful vision of the future, get lots of sleep, eat truly nutritious foods and avoid junk, and […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention In the Socratic dialogue ‘Republic’, Plato famously wrote: “our need will be the real creator” which was molded over time into the English proverb ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’. Prof. Oku Singer, Mechanical/Solar Engineer
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Why China Is in Africa Why China Is in Africa China is having an increasingly problematic influence in Africa’s politics, labor practices, and infrastructure. Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, […]
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