A black engineer is revolutionising energy – by converting plastics into fuel. And, amazingly, Julian Brown has made his discoveries available to all so that they can use and improve them. But he says even if he’d just been interested in making money rather than helping humanity, the big corporations would have been able just […]

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Tharaka Invention Academy: Inventor Transformation I want to explain to you how Tharaka Invention Academy works. I am Professor Singer, its director. We’re going to dive into something pretty fascinating: how the Tharaka Invention Academy, or TIA for short, literally transforms everyday people into highly capable, independent problem-solvers. Seriously, if you’ve ever wondered how someone […]

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Ibrahim Traore Burkina Faso beauty pageant reforms Ibrahim Traore has just sparked a very interesting debate about how Africa celebrates its young women, and I want to know what you think. A few months ago, Burkina Faso suspended beauty pageants across the country, and now, under Traore’s leadership, the country has introduced a very different […]

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A car on the streets of Barbados is running on fuel made from seaweed, rum wastewater and sheep manure. And the gas in its tank is methane, the same molecule as natural gas. In this video, we break down the Barbadian invention that turns sargassum, the brown seaweed invading Caribbean beaches every year, into bio-CNG. […]

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UNLEASH THE SCHOOLS! Will Africa’s future be built on solutions we buy from others—or solutions we create ourselves? Discover how our schools, together with Tharaka Invention Academy , work to help Africans become innovators and inventors, not just consumers of the creative gifts of others. 🎥 Watch this thought-provoking video: Professor Singer Tharaka Invention Academy […]

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      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 […]

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Let 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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Does this history have any bearing upon modern African innovation thriving or withering? Very much so—but not in the simplistic sense that Africa is still suffering from some ancient “geographic disadvantage.” The stronger connection is that the mechanisms described in the video—surplus, specialization, connectivity, knowledge diffusion, competition, and accumulation of technological capability—still govern whether innovation […]

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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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Design-led industrialisation in Africa Dr. Kenneth Ssemwogerere challenges a common assumption about Africa’s industrial future: industrialisation is not primarily a policy problem; it is a design problem. Drawing on his expertise in industrial design, manufacturing systems, and product development, he explains why successful industrialisation begins long before production starts. From product design and manufacturing processes […]

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The 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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See how Tharaka Invention Academy apprentices use conversational AI, Innovation Coaches and Problem Pals to think, test ideas, document evidence and grow as inventors.

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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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👕 Why Did Ancient Humans Start Wearing Clothes? | The Real Origin of Human Clothing Clothing seems like a basic part of being human — but why did our ancestors actually start wearing it? Was it purely about surviving the cold, or was there something much deeper going on? In this video, we uncover the […]

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Patent Loophole Brings Life-Saving Cystic Fibrosis Drug to Patients Who Can’t Afford It A powerful story about how a patent law loophole in Bangladesh gave cystic fibrosis patients access to a life-saving drug that costs $346,000 a year in the United States, raising important questions about innovation, patents, and healthcare access.

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