MEMBERS & VISITORS: Video Title Virtual prototype for licensing “How to Make a Virtual Prototype that Lands You a Licensing Deal!” Welcome to Tharaka Invention Academy. This is Miram Muthoni, the deputy director. Licensing is often one of the most realistic and powerful income paths for inventors everywhere, especially in the Global South and […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Ayanda’s Curious and Fun Adventures Young Inventors Embracing Curiosity and Collaboration: Ayanda’s Curious and Fun Adventures The Power of Curiosity In a small village called Umuzi, located in a lush valley between towering mountains, there lived a 12-year-old girl named Ayanda. Ayanda was curious about everything. She loved to explore the […]

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AI Learning Companion for Problem Solvers It’s complete. 👋🏽 For many months, we have been quietly building something important at Tharaka Invention Academy. Today, it is ready. This app is built directly from our extensive textbook Innovate Now: Mastering AI for Creative Problem Solving. It is designed to think with you — helping you frame […]

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Capability-first invention learning Hello, my name is Miriam Muthoni, and I work with Tharaka Invention Academy here in Kenya. Many young people today finish school, or never reach university, or are working, or are sitting at home, and they all ask the same question: “What do I do with my life now?” They are intelligent. […]

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Educational landscapes for invention and creativity range from expensive Ivy League executive programs to free open-source university resources like MIT OpenCourseWare. While many mainstream platforms focus on Western frameworks of market disruption and individual profit, the Tharaka Invention Academy in Kenya offers a distinctive alternative. This grassroots initiative integrates artificial intelligence with African cosmology, […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Before You Build the Future, Decide Who You Are | Rooted Innovation & Identity First Identity before innovation Before You Build the Future, Decide Who You Are! Tharaka Invention Academy is a distributed apprenticeship commons that equips self-directed learners to become accountable innovators, inventors, and problem-solvers rooted in real communities rather […]

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Listen to the audio podcast about Socratic Inventor Coach. You can explore the Socratic Inventor Coach directly here at Tharaka Invention Academy’s Problem Pal. At Tharaka Invention Academy, a new Problem Pal has quietly taken its place at a critical moment in the learning journey, right where enthusiasm must mature into discipline. The Tharaka Invention […]

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“Global demographic change and the future of innovation” The World Is Changing — And Why the Future Belongs to You. Let me begin with something that may sound unsettling, but is absolutely necessary to say out loud. The world you were born into is not the world your parents prepared you for. Across much of […]

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African innovation systems and problem solving Tharaka Invention Academy wants to play a serious long-term role in African innovation. The path forward should be intentional, cumulative, and patient. Not dramatic. Not reactive. Not tied to funding cycles or trending technologies. The goal is not to produce inventions quickly, but to build the capacity to repeatedly […]

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When Unity Makes Sense — and When It Doesn’t Unity offers a free version of its engine called Unity Personal, which anyone can download and use at no cost as long as their revenue and funding stay under a threshold . This free tier gives creators access to the full engine […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: How an Innovation Mindset Can Unlock Wealth, Purpose, and Global Impact Innovation and invention mindset for personal and societal transformation “The Idea That Changed Everything” They say if you want wealth, you need land. Or money. Or connections. Or powerful machinery. But what if that’s a myth? Prof. Singer, the Director […]

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Recently, Professor Singer, the Director of Tharaka Invention Academy shared a message with the Academy’s followers. It struck me as a very important message to share with the rest of the world, particularly those in Africa and in the African Diaspora. I feel the weight of history moving beneath our feet. African genius has already […]

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PROF. SINGER: When learners and institutions encounter Tharaka Invention Academy for the first time, something immediately feels different. They notice that our learning system does not begin with the traditional lecture model. Instead, they see stories… Spark Stories… case studies… Problem Pals… AI-guided practice… and a digital textbook that isn’t merely read but experienced. Some […]

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What if you could turn every brainstorming session, investor pitch, or team meeting into a searchable knowledge base that never forgets a single idea? Welcome to Otter AI, the intelligent transcription tool that’s revolutionizing how inventors and innovators capture, organize, and act on the conversations that drive breakthrough solutions. Otter AI is an artificial intelligence-powered […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Tharaka Invention Academy: Reclaiming African Sovereignty in an Urbanized Future Tharaka Invention Academy and Africa’s urban resilience Cities concentrate not only infrastructure, but leverage. When nearly every life-sustaining system is controlled from the top down, whoever manages those systems effectively manages the population. The danger arises when the motives of central […]

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From Ideas to Impact: How a Kenyan Innovator Helped Build a $4.4 Billion AI Solar Company Aurora Solar stands at the cutting edge of renewable energy design—not as an installer of solar panels, but as a pioneer of AI-powered software that revolutionizes how installations are planned. As someone who has personally worked as a solar […]

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October 23, 2025 at Chuka University… I had the honor of attending the 12th International Research Conference and delivering a keynote address under the theme “Leveraging Technological Solutions in Research, Training, and Innovation for Sustainable Development.” It was an inspiring gathering of minds and changemakers, moderated by distinguished leaders including Prof. Joel Gichumbi, Dr. Edna […]

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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 […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Weekly Global Innovation Brief – October 12, 2025 | Tharaka Invention Academy Global Innovation Brief – October 12, 2025 Download and read this week’s new brief HERE. The collection of texts provides an overview of global innovation trajectories during October 2025, focusing heavily on initiatives within Africa and India that emphasize […]

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Read 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 […]

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