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African Innovation Beyond The Wheel

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10 Dec

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: African Innovation Beyond The Wheel African Innovation Beyond The Wheel “Welcome to our special segment at Tharaka Invention Academy, where we dive into the fascinating world of inventions and explore why learning about the history of invention is crucial for our young inventors. Let’s uncover the layers of history and innovation […]

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Embracing Roots, Defying Odds: My Return to Africa After 44 Years

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09 Nov

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Embracing Roots, Defying Odds: My Return to Africa After 44 Years I cast my fate to the wind when I decided, in 2020, to return to Africa after a nearly 44 year hiatus since leaving Ghana after a five year stay in 1976. “Cast your fate to the wind” is an […]

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Research and Development Continues

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01 Nov

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Research and Development Continues At Tharaka Invention Academy here in Marimanti, the research and development of solar powered food dehydrators continues. In Kenya, we have limited access to the wide variety of industrial processes, equipment, and materials commonly available in modern industrialized states. Therefore, we have to be more creative and […]

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How AI could HELP DEVELOPING Nations

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28 Oct

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: How AI could HELP DEVELOPING Nations Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology that can transform the world for the better. Future inventors must be aware and conversant with this evolving technology. In this video, we will explore how AI can help underdeveloped countries overcome their challenges and achieve their potential. […]

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Amazing Ways Inventors Solve Problems

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27 Oct

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Amazing Ways Inventors Solve Problems At Tharaka Invention Academy our invention students will explore the fascinating problem solving method that inventors, engineers, and scientists use to systematically find solutions to challenging problems. TRIZ is known to English speakers as the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving and involves using […]

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What Will Our Invention Students Learn?

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19 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: 🚀 YOUR INVENTIVE JOURNEY STARTS HERE – THARAKA INVENTION ACADEMY 🚀 🌟 Calling All Aspiring Innovators and Problem-Solving Mavericks! 🌟 🎓 Unlock Your True Potential – For FREE! 🎓 🌐 Welcome to Tharaka Invention Academy, your gateway to inventive greatness! 🌐 🔍 Discover the Power of FREE Online Classes! 🔍 🎉 […]

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The West Is Keeping Africa Poor

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16 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: The West Is Keeping Africa Poor Despite the Western world’s efforts of keeping Africa poor, grassroots efforts of organizations like Tharaka Invention Circle CBO and Tharaka Invention Academy are working hard to lift local economies by providing innovative solutions to African problems using African human, financial, and material resources. American economist […]

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Confessions of An Economic Hitman

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13 Jul

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Confessions of an Economic Hitman In “Confessions of an Economic Hitman,” John Perkins primarily focuses on his experiences and the economic colonization of various countries around the world, particularly in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. While he does not make direct references to Africa or specific African nations in […]

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We Were Programmed For Failure

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15 Jun

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: We Were Programmed For Failure Wongel Zelalem reports on Ghanaian American inventor Thomas O. Mensah exposes how the British designed the education system of Africa which we can clearly measure, especially in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria, former British colonies. We at Tharaka Invention Academy are stressing practical skills during our curriculum […]

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Tharaka Invention Academy Practices What It Teaches

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17 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Tharaka Invention Academy Practices What It Teaches In Tharaka Nithi County, as well as other parts of Kenya, the issue of food security is paramount. Unfortunately, the bulk of crops which are grown are sold as basic commodities or consumed directly by the farm owners. There is little value added processing […]

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Eugenicist Mayhem

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08 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Eugenicist Mayhem Charles had always been fascinated by the power of science and technology to change the world. As a young inventor at Tharaka Invention Academy, he had dedicated himself to finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing Africa and the world. But as he danced the deck of […]

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African Food Colonization

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30 Nov

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: African Food Colonization Kenya tells Bill Gates “We will not be used as Guinea Pigs” Keep GMO’s in America Africa, GMOs and Western interests Inventor apprentices at Tharaka Invention Academy will most certainly be toiling at developing agricultural processes and equipment to raise the health and well-being of Kenyan citizens. However, […]

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Inventors and Professor Singer

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27 Sep

  MEMBERS & VISITORS Inventors and Professor Singer The technological progress of Africa and its diasporans was dramatically broken beginning with slavery and later through its colonization by European powers. With the arrival of the 21st century, a new era of an awakened Africa has dawned. In the graphic novel series we are developing entitled […]

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A BETTER MOUSETRAP

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06 Sep

  MEMBERS & VISITORS A BETTER MOUSETRAP YOUNG AFRICAN INVENTORS HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” is a phrase attributed to the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson in the late nineteenth century. The phrase has turned into a metaphor about the power of innovation and […]

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BREAKUP WITH MAKEUP

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13 Aug

  MEMBERS & VISITORS BREAKUP WITH TOXIC MAKEUP African Inventors have the inspirational opportunity to leapfrog the psychologically and physically dangerous beauty practices of wealthier developed nations. These practices affect the mental and physical health of adherents who buy into the marketing psychology of this multi-billion dollar industry. The opportunities exist to forge new types […]

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