MEMBERS & VISITORS: Malik Connects Africa’s Innovation Pulse to the Global Diaspora | Weekly Innovation Brief African diaspora innovation connection Download and Read this week’s Innovation Brief Download and Read an additional Innovation Brief which includes additional countries The collected sources, presented as an innovation briefing, provide a global overview of recent technological 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 The Cultural Creatives The world out there is changing at an unprecedented rate. These changes are not only environmental, economic, social and political but mounting evidence point to a rise of a new planetary consciousness and new world order known as transmodernism. Transmodernism is evident in all aspects of people’s lives, […]

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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 PULL OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS Origin of Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps This expression originated in the 1800s. It refers to the ability of a person to lift himself or herself up by pulling on the laces of his or her boots. Of course, this is impossible, so in […]

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