Tharaka Invention Academy • Problem Pals™ Academy Relatability Mapper Helping TIA apprentices make inventions, scientific ideas, and technical concepts easier to understand through familiar African experiences, environments, materials, livelihoods, and community life. Welcome Welcome to Problem Pals™: Academy Relatability Mapper, and welcome as a new Tharaka Invention Academy apprentice. This GPT […]
Read moreFor years, American PR firm v-Fluence has worked with a network of players in the agrochemical industry to ensure that the use of harmful chemicals in various countries, including Kenya continues. Despite mounting evidence of the harm these chemicals cause, v-Fluence and its partners have downplayed their risks, and discredited environmentalists pushing for an end […]
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Read moreLet me guide you on how Tharaka Invention Academy Helps Turn Problems Into Inventions. Hello, my name is Prof. Singer and I want to show you, very simply, how Tharaka Invention Academy is designed to work. This worked example follows a solar-cooking challenge through problem definition, prior knowledge, AI-assisted exploration, risk discovery, concept revision, and […]
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I’m pleased to share a free sample edition of my book, Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving. The book explores how human creativity, practical problem-solving, and artificial intelligence can work together to help Africa develop useful ideas and turn them into real-world solutions. You can read or download the free sample here: https://tharaka.inventionschool.tech/Innovate-Now.pdf […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS: “Empowering Innovation: Community Involvement and Intellectual Property” Community Involvement and Intellectual Property So, in the context of reshaping innovation education systems at Tharaka Invention Academy, we’ve been emphasizing the importance of involving the community. Imagine you’re working on a new water purification system and you want to involve the local community. […]
Read moreThe harvest reveals the hand that held the hoe. For generations, people have looked at Africa and asked the same question: “What does Africa have?” Gold. Diamonds. Copper. Cobalt. Oil. Fertile land. Vast forests. Enough sunlight to power entire nations. The world has been trained to look down whenever it thinks about Africa. Down into […]
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Go for a Test Drive! Some people see a problem and wait for someone else to solve it. Others learn how to think. A young Kenyan opens a laptop. He speaks to AI in Swahili. AI responds, not with answers, with questions. At Tharaka Invention Academy, learning doesn’t end with information. It begins with curiosity. […]
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The book Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving, which is available at https://tharaka.inventionschool.tech has been translated into Arabic, English, Amharic, French, Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Zulu, Spanish, and Portuguese. As such, literate adults and older teens coverage is probably 90%+ of literate Africans, because these translations cover nearly all major education and publishing languages […]
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