MEMBERS & VISITORS: Children Are Deliberately Dumbed Down If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll notice that the overall performance, health, and well-being of our children’s education is steadily degrading. What can you do about it? Tharaka Invention Academy’s focus is to foster creativity and problem solving in our youth, especially our African youth. We […]
Read moreMEMBERS & 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 FUTURE BY DESIGN What will be Africa’s Future By Design? The young African inventors I will be mentoring in Marimanti, Kenya will need to be familiar with the work and aspirations of other inventors before them. After all, the future well-being of the African continent is in their hands and they […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Learn more about Richard Turere. This young Masai boy’s invention can be seen HERE. Your Virtual World is establishing a local Invention School in Kenya and will enroll selectively and evenly chosen local boys and girls to attend. The learning regimen is described in the table below and is structured to […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS CASE STUDY: Rote Learning vs. Innovation Education in Great Britain’s former colonies still emphasizes rote learning over innovation and critical thinking. Learning emphasis is upon working to pass exams. What happens to creativity and innovation necessary for nation and wealth building? When the goal is to acquire safe and secure jobs at […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS YOUNG KENYAN INVENTS ROBOTS A young Kenyan is proving that a lack of funding should not affect your dreams. Samuel Zila is a self-taught robot maker. His creations help around the house, but he has far bigger dreams for them in the future. To watch Invention School’s full library of movies visit […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Technological Inventions by Africans Inventors of Ancient Africa The human species evolved on the continent of Africa. This means that Africa has been inhabited longer than any place on Earth. So it’s not surprising to learn that some of the greatest inventors in human history were living on this continent. The history […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INCREDIBLE INNOVATIONS FROM TANZANIA, KENYA, NIGERIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA From a scientist in Tanzania who created a water filter to combat water-borne diseases to apps in Kenya that give school children access to unlimited information, Africa is home to incredible technological innovations. To watch Invention School’s full library of movies visit Invention […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Black Inventors of the 20th and 21st Century A video presentation about famous black men and women inventors of the 20th and the 21st century. This video is just a short list of the MANY contributions of blacks throughout history. NOTE: Video narrative was obtained from Black-Inventors.com and MIT.edu. Please visit these […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS NIGERIAN INVENTOR HAS RESOURCEFULLY BUILT MORE STUFF Nigerian inventor who built jet car according to CNN report has built another flying car, Durojaiye Kehinde Obasanjo To watch Invention School’s full library of movies visit Invention School’s Home Page. INVENTION SCHOOL’S SIGNATURE SERIES The technological progress of Africa and its diasporans was […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS A DAY WITHOUT BLACK INVENTIONS Imagine a day where you couldn’t use anything invented by a black person. This description and title is a presumed riff on the movie title “A Day Without A Mexican”. Both of these considerations will bring the viewer to squarely contemplate the true contributions of inventors of […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INVENTORS MUSEUM Curator Francis Jeffers shares a number of different black inventors and shows some of the popular items many of us use every day. To watch Invention School’s full library of movies visit Invention School’s Home Page. INVENTION SCHOOL’S SIGNATURE SERIES The technological progress of Africa and its diasporans […]
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Locked In Power
MEMBERS & VISITORS: Locked in Power “Locked in Power: Why Africa’s Leaders Resist Change and Innovation” Progressive African leaders all acknowledge the positive effects that vigorous efforts toward innovation and invention have huge paybacks for the entire nation. As such, they dedicate policies, procedures, and even institutions and governmental bodies to promote innovations. However, […]
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