Africa, The Inventors’ Continent

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29 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Why Invention Education Empowers Africa’s Youth Invention education for African youth Why Should Africans Particularly Become Great Inventors and Problem Solvers? Africa has many natural resources—like minerals, land, and energy. But for many years, these resources have mostly helped people and companies outside of Africa. Now, new technologies—like artificial intelligence, voice […]

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Ayanda’s Curious and Fun Adventures

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29 Jan

  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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Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators

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28 Jan

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators Kenya wealth inequality and youth empowerment Who Really Owns Kenya? And Why You Should Care Let’s be honest: in Kenya today, a very small group of people—about 8,300 individuals—own almost everything. They control the land, the money, the big companies, and […]

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Before You Build The Future

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09 Jan

  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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Weekly Innovation Briefing (Nov 3–9, 2025)

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10 Nov

  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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Enjoy Boosting Your Enemy While Shooting Your Friends

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19 Oct

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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Weekly Global Innovation Brief – October 12, 2025 | Tharaka Invention Academy

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13 Oct

  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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Quantum Africa and its Quantum Future

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17 Jun

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Quantum Africa: From Mineral Leverage to Co-Creating the Quantum Future Quantum Africa Picture an African engineering student in Mombasa pulling results from a cloud-based quantum processor, then walking across campus to a lab where colleagues are refining battery-grade cobalt sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That scene isn’t science fiction—it’s […]

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The World Is Shifting—And So Must You: A Lecture for Builders of the Next Civilization

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06 May

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: The World Is Shifting—And So Must You: A Lecture for Builders of the Next Civilization The world is shifting and so must you “My dear students, we are living in a time when the systems we were taught to trust—finance, governance, even nature’s balance—are unraveling before our eyes. But this is […]

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From National Wealth to Personal Innovation: The Path to Prosperity

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30 Apr

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: From National Wealth to Personal Innovation: The Path to Prosperity From National Wealth to Personal Innovation What if I told you there’s a proven process—not just for making countries wealthy—but for helping you thrive in today’s innovation economy? That’s right! The same steps that helped nations like South Korea and Singapore […]

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Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators

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09 Apr

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Who Owns Kenya? Why Wealth Inequality Matters for Young Innovators Kenya wealth inequality and youth empowerment Who Really Owns Kenya? And Why You Should Care Let’s be honest: in Kenya today, a very small group of people—about 8,300 individuals—own almost everything. They control the land, the money, the big companies, and […]

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From Dreamers to Doers

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10 Aug

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: From Dreamers to Doers “Africa’s Technological Innovation and Youth Empowerment” “From Dreamers to Doers: Africa’s Path to Global Leadership through Innovation” Africa, with its vast resources and youthful population, stands at a pivotal moment in its history. Unlike China, which has strategically navigated its way to technological dominance, Africa has endured […]

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